“I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.”

—  Eleanor Roosevelt

Not by Roosevelt, but from Steven Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (1989).
Misattributed

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Sept. 29, 2023. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday." by Eleanor Roosevelt?
Eleanor Roosevelt photo
Eleanor Roosevelt 148
American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady… 1884–1962

Related quotes

Stephen R. Covey photo

“But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.”

Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“I am in yesterday, today. And tomorrow? In tomorrow I was.”

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

Estoy en el ayer, en el hoy. ¿Y en mañana? En el mañana estuve.
Voces (1943)

James Joyce photo

“I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.”

James Joyce (1882–1941) Irish novelist and poet
Rumi photo

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the World. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet

https://twitter.com/wise_chimp/status/1488946174321205253?s=21

E.M. Forster photo

“The advance of regret can be so gradual that it is impossible to say "yesterday I was happy, today I am not.”

E.M. Forster book Where Angels Fear to Tread

Source: Where Angels Fear to Tread

Nelson Mandela photo

“I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists. I tell them that I was also a terrorist yesterday, but, today, I am admired by the very people who said I was one.”

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist

During his interview at Larry King Live, (16 May 2000). Available Transcript at CNN.com: President Nelson Mandela One-on-One http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0005/16/lkl.00.html
2000s

Vachel Lindsay photo

“I will not be a slave to my yesterday. I am creator, not a parrot.”

Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931) American poet

Letter quoted in The West Going Heart (1959) by Eleonor Ruggles

“But I am old now; my life is older. When I made the choice I made, I did not think it was forever. It is another thing to give up so young.”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

Source: Beastly

Related topics