You cannot spend your life beating your head against a stone... - Eleanor Roosevelt

"You cannot spend your life beating your head against a stone wall trying to convince somebody of something they do not want to believe."

Eleanor Roosevelt Patience

First Lady, Human Rights Activist American 1884–1962

More from Eleanor Roosevelt

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway."

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."

"Patience is a virtue I'm still learning."

"I may be a redhead, but I'm not a hothead."

"Patience is a virtue."

"Patience is a virtue I never learned."