A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Life is like a parachute jump, you've got to get it right the first time. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do ... — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want and a… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“One of the things I believe most intensely is that every child’s why should be answered with care—and with respect. If you do not… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
What we must learn to do is to create unbreakable bonds between the sciences and the humanities. We cannot procrastinate. The world of the… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
