More from Eleanor Roosevelt
Don’t be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt If you fail the first time then you’ll just have to try harder the second time.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Don’t call a woman a bitch. Call her an ass-hole. It still gets your point across and it’s not sexist.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt We are the sum total of all the choices we have made.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, It can’t be done.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Understanding is a two-way street.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Be confident, not certain
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt A great deal of fear is a result of just not knowing.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt We do not have to become heroes overnight.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart.
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt
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People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta I no longer seek the love I think I deserve but rather the love I’ve always deserved.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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More on courage
Maybe it’s your time to lift off and fly You won’t know if you never try.
Miley CyrusMiley Cyrus Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one’s heart.
Sai BabaSai Baba It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.
Khaled HosseiniKhaled Hosseini Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
Erma BombeckErma Bombeck In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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