Inspiring Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt - Page 2

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"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"

"There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands"

"The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why"

"What you don't do can be a destructive force"

"The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are"

"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 can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority"

"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 become yourself"

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

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts"

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