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Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Former First Lady of the United States

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Famous Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

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

“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.”

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

“A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”

“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”

“Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.”

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”