Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was once a resident of the White House. She was a First Lady to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the longest serving First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.
Eleanor by all account was a very strong woman despite the despair she suffered from an erring husband. Her humiliation only made her stronger. Although rather unbending with her decision not to have any physical relationship with her husband after finding out about his affair, this did not stop her from caring for her husband.
Eleanor became a great leader and inspiration to women. She worked tirelessly to better the status of women. She did more to her country than most First Ladies before and after her.
Some of my favourite quotations that I try to live by are by this brilliant woman.
Let’s start a treasure chest of her gems:
A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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If you lose money you lose much,
If you lose friends you lose more,
If you lose faith you lose all.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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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 won responsibility.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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Life is meant to be lived.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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“Many people will walk
in and out of your life,
but only true friends
will leave footprints
in your heart”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give. ”
— Eleanor Roosevelt