Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political leader who used her influence as an active First Lady from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal policies of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as taking a prominent role as an advocate for civil rights.
Born: October 11, 1884, New York City
Died: November 7, 1962, New York City
Full name: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart”
“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.”
“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”
“If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.”
“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”
“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”
“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.”
“Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.”
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say
yes.”
“You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.”
“Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived.”
“It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.”
“Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.”
“Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.”
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
“Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world”.
