Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
WorkResilienceOvercoming Adversity My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.
GivingJoyHappinessGenerosity 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.
ConsciencePreventionEmpathyAction When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
IntuitionSelf-BeliefCriticismAuthenticityCourage 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.
LifeCuriosityEngagementResilience Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
EmpowermentDiscernmentSelf-Reliance Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
InterconnectednessGlobal ImpactHateForce Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.
IdentitySelf-LossDetachmentImpersonality I think I lived those years very impersonally. It was almost as though I had erected someone outside myself who was the president's wife. I was lost somewhere deep down inside myself. That is the way I felt and worked until I left the White House.
FearCouragePerseveranceSuccess 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.
Campaign BehaviorSpousal RoleDiscretionPublic Image 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.
AcceptanceCourageBest Effort 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.
BibleNightmaresReading The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.
StrengthResilienceAdversity A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
WarPeaceFutility I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
Self-discoveryIdentityAuthenticity I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
OppositionDefianceIndividuality I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.
HumorSelf-ImageIronyFlattery I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
AdmirationDepthMystery The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
Gender InequalityWomen's RightsRepresentationDecision Making 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.
StrengthCourageConfidenceOvercoming FearResilience 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.'
PeaceBeliefAction 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.
FearVulnerabilityRelationshipCaring We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
IndividualityPersonal GrowthInfluence You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.
Old AgeViceIntegrity Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
IndividualityAuthenticity Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
ChoiceResponsibilityPhilosophy One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
Separation of Church and StateReligious InfluenceNegative Impact on SocietyImportance of SecularismDiversity Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.
DutyResponsivenessCommitmentNecessityHumble Approach As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
OrderReasonSelf-ImprovementEfficiencyBalance A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.
ContributionCeasingCreationEnd of LifeImpact When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
Self-AwarenessInner PeacePersonal GrowthHuman ConnectionRelationship Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Role ReversalEmotional BondsIdentityFamily DynamicsTransformation I do not think that I am a natural born mother... If I ever wanted to mother anyone, it was my father.
IntellectEventsSocial Interaction Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Change ManagementBalancePatiencePrioritizationAdaptation You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.
WarDestructionConsequenceSuicide Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.
Household ManagementScientific ApproachEfficiencyOrderKnowledge Application The mother of a family should look upon her housekeeping and the planning of meals as a scientific occupation.
HypocrisyFairnessLeadershipAccountability It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
InactionResponsibilityConsequenceGrowthUniversal Truth What you don't do can be a destructive force.
ConvictionsBeliefFriendlinessLoyaltyWork Ethic Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.