Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the most influential first ladies in American History. Here are some great quotes from the former first lady for your personal growth:
- Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
- Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
- You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
- Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
- What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
- People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
- A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
- You have to accept whatever comes along and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
- We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
- No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- 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.
