Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources, our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong.

But...as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through something like that and survive. I mean, I know it could have been worse--a lot worse-- but for me, it was all I could have handled at the time. And I learned from it.

That which does not kill me can only make me stronger.

To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which should not happen to us, requires faith and courage.

I've become a pretty tough cookie after having a divorce. I think that I've persevered through a lot of talk.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.

Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment, and I like who I am.

What is hard to remember when you're in the middle of it is that when you get through to the other side, you always walk away with a gift. If you can stand in there and not walk away from it, you get transformed by it.

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

I love overcoming challenges and fear.

Fear is an opportunity for courage.

The encouraging thing is that every time you meet a situation, though you may think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it you find that forever after you are freer than you ever were before. If you can live through that you can live through anything. You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you 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.' The danger lies in refusing to face the fear, in not daring to come to grips with it. If you fail anywhere along the line, it will take away your confidence. You must make yourself succeed every time. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

In every life there is an element of victory over fear, which needs to be searched for, though it may be a false victory.

It's really amazing when you discover how strong you actually are and what you really can accomplish.

If you're a true warrior, competition doesn't scare you. It makes you better.

It's the trials and tribulations that really test a person, and coming through those difficulties is what shapes a person's character.

I faced a certain amount of violence. It taught me that I had to learn to protect myself - and it made me stronger. It could have made me step backwards with my self-discovery. Instead, it pushed me further.

You find strength in your moments of weakness.

Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

Once I've learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful.

You have to go through tough experiences and go through some battles, in order to be stronger.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Those times in life when you're terrified are the mastery times.

If they hadn’t tried to break me down, I wouldn’t know that I’m unbreakable.