Eleanor Roosevelt.
I have been considering the influence of Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie in my life. As the title suggests, I am influenced by women, as well. Among these, Eleanor Roosevelt stands out—in part, because she is T.R.’s niece and spent a considerable amount of time at Sagamore Hill in her childhood. She was certainly influenced by her uncle, as well. Like her uncle, she is often a source of inspiration to me.
Among my favorite Eleanor Roosevelt pearls are:
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
“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.’”
“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”
“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”
“When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.”
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