Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

I think that being confident gives you more freedom. It liberates you, helps you have the courage to do things on the football pitch.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

I dare to do things - that's how I survive.

There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.

Who do you want to be: the radical man who can make a choice in one second, or the man who never takes decisions? That's the question: who's the best? Actually, there is no best.

Putting yourself out there is hard, but it's so worth it. I don't think anyone who has ever spoken out, or stood up or had a brave moment, has regretted it. It's empowering and confidence-building and inspiring. Not only to other people, but to yourself.

The more confident I am, the more daring I am.

I think I'm taking risks and putting myself out there.

I'm not scared to sing songs. I'm not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own savior, Standing on my own two feet.

If I feel like doing something, I do it. If I feel like saying something, I say it. If I feel like dancing, I do. If I don't, I don't.

I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

Freedom lies in being bold.

It takes a lot of guts to get up on top of a bar and dance.

To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

Yes, you must have the courage of being free.

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

My father never felt the need to wrap himself in anybody's mantle. He never felt the need to pretend to be anybody else. This is their administration. This is their war. If they can't stand on their own two feet, well, they're no Ronald Reagans, that's for sure.

If you are a superstar, or whatever you want to call yourself, a person who's had outrageous success, and you decide to go indie and tell the record companies to screw themselves? That takes a certain amount of courage. And bullheadedness, really.

I've always known my own mind, and I'm not shy about speaking it.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.