Quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt

We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

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

You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.

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.

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.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

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

The purpose of life afterall is to live it.

Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing. It's about doing, being and becoming. It's about t Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.