Eleanor Roosevelt

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

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do

Be confident, not certain

The giving of love is an education in itself.

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

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

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.

To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

But lo! men have become the tools of their tools.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.

Ladies and gentleman are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

My religion? Well, my dear, I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.