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378 Powerful Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes to Inspire You

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About Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt, born on October 11, 1884, in New York City, was an American diplomat, activist, and the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. Widely regarded as one of the most influential women in American history, she advocated for civil rights, social justice, and women's empowerment. Her humanitarian efforts and commitment to equality left a lasting impact on both American politics and global society.

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Here are 378 Powerful quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt on various topics to inspire you.

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Curiously enough it is often the people who refuse to

1. “Curiously enough, it is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Responsibility, Criticism, Accountability, Society, Perspective

One of the blessings of age is to learn not

2. “One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Aging, Relationships, Memory, Love, Gratitude

The mind must be trained rather than the memory

3. “The mind must be trained, rather than the memory.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Mindset, Training, Learning, Knowledge, Growth

Be flexible but stick to your principles

4. “Be flexible, but stick to your principles.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Flexibility, Principles, Integrity, Balance, Life

Many people will walk in and out of your life

5. “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Friendship, Impact, Relationships, Memory, Connection

For instance it is certain that women do not want

6. “For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Gender, Leadership, Confidence, Politics, Society

Learn from the mistakes of others You can’t live long

7. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Learning, Mistakes, Wisdom, Experience, Life

Life’s not about expecting hoping and wishing It’s about doing

8. “Life’s not about expecting, hoping, and wishing. It’s about doing, being, and becoming.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Action, Life, Growth, Experience, Fulfillment

I would not be happy unless I had some regular

9. “I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Work, Happiness, Routine, Purpose, Life

Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering

10. “Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through the fire.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Harmony, Experience, Personal Growth, Challenge, Journey

To some of us hunger was more academic than real

11. “To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel the urgency of such a situation.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Empathy, Awareness, Hunger, Reality, Humanity

Marriage and the up-bringing of children in the home require

12. “Marriage and the up-bringing of children in the home require as well-trained a mind and as well-disciplined a character as any other occupation that might be considered a career.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Marriage, Parenting, Discipline, Commitment, Responsibility

If you have any interests you can gain a wider

13. “If you have any interests, you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Interest, Audience, Opportunity, Growth, Engagement

We will never have peace without friendship around the world

14. “We will never have peace without friendship around the world.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Peace, Friendship, Unity, Global Community, Cooperation

We all create the person we become by our choices

15. “We all create the person we become by our choices as we go through life. In a real sense, by the time we are adults, we are the sum total of the choices we have made.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Identity, Choices, Life, Growth, Responsibility

The purpose of life after all is to live it

16. “The purpose of life after all is to live it.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Life, Purpose, Existence, Experience, Fulfillment

The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs

17. “The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. Love thy neighbor as thyself.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Peace, Religion, Love, Unity, Humanity

We have reached a point today where labor-saving devices are

18. “We have reached a point today where labor-saving devices are good only when they do not throw the worker out of his job.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Technology, Employment, Progress, Society, Labor

Power corrupts Knowledge is power Study hard Be evil

19. “Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Power, Corruption, Knowledge, Ethics, Study

If you can develop this ability to see what you

20. “If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your knowledge to this new information, you can continue to learn and to grow as long as you live and you’ll have a wonderful time doing it.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Learning, Adaptation, Growth, Understanding, Life

Do one thing every day that scares you Those small

21. “Do one thing every day that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage, Growth, Fear, Challenge, Life

No one from the beginning of time has had security

22. “No one from the beginning of time has had security.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Security, Life, History, Existence, Reality

Men have to be reminded that women exist

23. “Men have to be reminded that women exist.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Gender, Visibility, Awareness, Society, Equality

The purpose of life is to live it to taste

24. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Purpose, Life, Experience, Growth, Adventure

I could never say in the morning “I have a

25. “I could never say in the morning, “I have a headache and cannot do thus and so.” Headache or no headache, thus and so had to be done.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Determination, Responsibility, Commitment, Perseverance, Work Ethic

Develop a skin as thick as a rhinoceros hide

26. “Develop a skin as thick as a rhinoceros hide!”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Resilience, Strength, Toughness, Character, Endurance

One of the best ways of enslaving a people is

27. “One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Education, Freedom, Control, Society, Empowerment

Terrific minds focus on tips; average minds go over activities;

28. “Terrific minds focus on tips; average minds go over activities; little minds talk about people today.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Mindset, Focus, Growth, Conversation, Intelligence

What could we accomplish if we knew we could not

29. “What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Possibility, Potential, Fear, Action, Success

The leisure class is one in which individuals have sufficient

30. “The leisure class is one in which individuals have sufficient economic security and sufficient leisure to find opportunity for a variety of satisfactions in life.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Leisure, Class, Opportunity, Satisfaction, Security