Eleanor Roosevelt

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

Eleanor Roosevelt

It is today that we must create the world of the future.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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

Eleanor Roosevelt

No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now.

Eleanor Roosevelt

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

Eleanor Roosevelt

A great deal of fear is a result of just ‘not knowing.’ We do not know what is involved in a new situation. We do not know whether we can deal with it. The sooner we learn what it entails, the sooner we can dissolve our fear.

Eleanor Roosevelt

All of life is a constant education.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Anger is one letter short of danger.

Eleanor Roosevelt