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Eleanor Roosevelt Inspirational Quotes

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

You must do the things you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

We are afraid to care too much for fear that the other person does not care at all. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Friendship with one’s self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly,
and without fear, for newer and richer experiences. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do and damned if you don’t. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Never allow a person to tell you No who doesn’t have the power to say Yes. – Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

25 Inspiring Quotes

Posted on March 6, 2011March 6, 2011 by

1. You had the power all along my dear. – Glinda the Good Witch.

2. Today is a new day. – Chicken Little

3. When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud either. – Leo Burnett

4. What the caterpillar calls a tragedy, the Master calls a butterfly. – Richard Bach

5. Earth’s crammed with heaven. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

6. Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself. – Michel de Montaigne

7. She decided to enjoy more and endure less. – Unknown

8. I am unfolding in fulfilling ways. Only good can come to me. I now express health, happiness, prosperity, and peace of mind. – Unknown

9. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours. – Ayn Rand

10. There is a connection between self-nurturing and self-respect. – Julia Cameron

11. Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation. – Andre Gide

12. Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions all life is an experience. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

13. If the future road loom ominous or unpromising, and the road back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. – Maya Angelou

14. Breath in experience. – Muriel Rukeyser

15. Speak your mind even if your voice shakes. – Unknown

16. I rejoice in what I have and I know that fresh new experiences are always ahead. I greet the new with open arms. I trust life to be wonderful. – Louise Hay

17. Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. – Mae West

18. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

19. Sprinkle joy. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

20. He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. – Johann von Goethe

21. She realized that she was missing a great deal by being sensible. – Unknown

22. She was kind and loving and patient…with herself. – Unknown

23. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I’ve ended up where I needed to be. – Douglas Adams

24. You’ll never be sad if you remember all the good things that have happened to you. – Karolina Grekov

25. What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. – Unknown

Wise Quotes about Life

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it. – Albert Einstein

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. – John W. Gardner

A hopeless person feels difficulty in every chance but, a hopeful person feels a chance in every difficulty. – Unknown

See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little. – Pope John XXIII

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Now that it’s all over, what did you really do yesterday that’s worth mentioning? – Coleman Cox

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. – Unknown

A single conversation across a table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books. – Chinese proverb

Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. – Unknown

Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window – or break down a door. – Unknown