Eleanor Roosevelt

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

"We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."

"Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded."

"Today is the only day. Yesterday has passed and tomorrow may never come."

"I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday."

"I could not, at any age, be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on."

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes."

"The battles that count are fought in the heart."

"Never allow a person to tell you that you can't do something."

"A very dangerous type of person is one who imagines himself to be thinking when he is merely rearranging his prejudices."

"As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along."

"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being."

"Courage is more exhilarating than fear."

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face."

"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give."

"The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films and face them."

"My experience has been that work which really counts is the work that you do."

"Patience is a hard one when you are dealing with something you care about deeply."

"I think it is impossible to explain peace unless one understands its real meaning."

"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."

"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."

"I believe in the oneness of all men and women and I believe we should act as if we really believed it."

"The greatest thing to do is not for yourself, but for others."

"Truth has to be repeated again and again because error is constantly being repeated."

"It is your responsibility to make the world better."

"I think that somehow we learn who we really are and then live with that decision."

"A good leader inspires people to have confidence in their leader."

"It is not fair to ask a working mother to hold a full-time job and a full-time mother's responsibility."

"The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-define kind that comes from within."

"You make a choice: continue living your life threatened by bad luck or embrace a new life."