Quotes

Quotes from around the world.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

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.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

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

You must do the things you think you cannot do.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

A lot of people, when a guy scores a lot of goals, think, ‘He’s a great player’, because a goal is very important, but a great player is a player who can do everything on the field. He can do assists, encourage his colleagues, give them confidence to go forward. It is someone who, when a team does not do well, becomes one of the leaders.
-Pelé, Brazilian footballer

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.
-Ruby Dee

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.
-Ruby Dee