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Eleanor Roosevelt quotes

1884–1962 · American diplomat and activist

Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the committee that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She did not say two of her most popular quotes.

1 real · 2 not theirs

1 quotes traced to Eleanor Roosevelt's own work or a reliable witness.

Sourced

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

Source: You Learn by Living (1960)

2 famous lines credited to Eleanor Roosevelt that are misquoted, unsourced or belong to someone else.

Not theirs

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Actually: Mary Schmich, "Wear Sunscreen" column, Chicago Tribune (1997).