Eleanor Roosevelt Motivational Quotations

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

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.

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 in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

Life is like a parachute jump, you've got to get it right the first time.

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

A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

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

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.

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

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

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 own responsibility.

Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do ...

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

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

Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’