Quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. Paradoxically, the one sure way not to be happy is deliberately to map out a way of life in which one would please oneself completely and exclusively.

You gain strength courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him.

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.

The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.

Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.

The leisure class is one in which individuals have sufficient economic security and sufficient leisure to find opportunity for a variety of satisfactions in life.

conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.

A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably

Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world

He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses much more; He who loses faith, loses all.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

I think somehow we learn who we really are and then we live with that decision.

When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

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

If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!

You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you cannot do.

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

One thing life taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along."… You must do the thing you think you cannot do.