Quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt

The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.

How hard it is to project oneself into the future. We are always prone to think of the conditions which are with us today as being permanent conditions.

practically nothing we do ever stands by itself. If it is good, it will serve some good purpose in the future. If it is evil, it may haunt us and handicap our efforts in unimagined ways.

It is impossible to be a cynic if you live a good deal with young people. Fundamentally, every young person has a feeling that the future is going to hold something of value.

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiousity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.

A good woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.

I believe we will have better government when men and women discuss public issues together and make their decisions on the basis of their differing areas of concern for the welfare of their families and their world. Too often the great decisions are.

Every woman who fails in a public position confirms this, but every woman who succeeds creates confidence.

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!

The giving of love is an education in itself.

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.

A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music -- that would be rest.

It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.