#eleanor

All through first and second and third hour, Eleanor rubbed her palm. Nothing happened. How could it be possible that there were that many never ending all in one place? And were they always there, or did they just flip on wherever they felt like it? Because, if they were always there, how did she manage to turn doorknobs without fainting? Maybe this was why so many people said it felt better to drive a stick shift. ↗

— Rainbow Rowell

#humor #rainbow-rowell #humor

The most unhappy people in the world are those who face the days without knowing what to do with their time. But if you have more projects than you have time for, you are not going to be an unhappy person. This is as much a question of having imagination and curiosity as it is of actually making plans. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#noelle-hancock #imagination

Well-behaved women seldom make history. ↗

— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

#it-s-so-true #misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt #women #inspirational

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#life

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#recycled-by-bil-keane #recycled-by-eleanor-roosevelt #children

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure. ↗

— Patty Duke

#award #eleanor #eleanor roosevelt #i #received

I even asked Eleanor Roosevelt difficult questions and she loved it. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#difficult #eleanor #eleanor roosevelt #even #i

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present. ↗

— Bil Keane

#inspirational #misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt #past #present #widely-misattributed

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#eleanor #eleanor roosevelt #feel #give #inferior

How rude would I be, walking around and saying: 'Hello. I'm Eleanor Mondale. My father was vice president of the United States. Treat me differently.' ↗

— Eleanor Mondale

#differently #eleanor #father #hello #how