You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' Eleanor Roosevelt on strength
Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water! Eleanor Roosevelt on strength
Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president. Eleanor Roosevelt on time
I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war. Eleanor Roosevelt on war
Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide. Eleanor Roosevelt on war
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt on women
Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water! Eleanor Roosevelt on women
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it. Eleanor Roosevelt on women
Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression. Eleanor Roosevelt on women
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. Eleanor Roosevelt on work
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do. Eleanor Roosevelt on work
My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths. Eleanor Roosevelt on work