“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.”

The quote is usually regarded as anonymous, but is often attributed to her on several websites, as well as in several books, including My Life Is an Open Book http://books.google.es/books?id=qCOa1k--dt4C&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;hl=es#v=onepage&amp;q=eleanor%20roosevelt&amp;f=false (2008), The Spirituality of Mary Magdalene http://books.google.es/books?hl=es&amp;id=BLRuINwzVZcC&amp;dq=eleanor+roosevelt++%22past+is+history%22&amp;q=eleanor+roosevelt#v=snippet&amp;q=eleanor%20roosevelt&amp;f=false (2008), Mis cuatro estaciones http://books.google.es/books?hl=es&amp;id=QCgANqKq8EIC&amp;dq=ayer+es+historia%2C+ma%C3%B1ana++misterio.+Hoy+regalo+de+Dios+presente&amp;q=%22eleanor+roosevelt%22#v=snippet&amp;q=%22eleanor%20roosevelt%22&amp;f=false (2008), and Gilles Lamontagne http://books.google.es/books?ei=MdG9UqGQK-fL2wX5zYC4Dw&amp;hl=es&amp;id=WyFKAQAAIAAJ&amp;dq=Hier+est+de+l%27histoire%2C+demain+est+un+myst%C3%A8re+et+aujourd%27hui+est+un+cadeau.+C%27+est+pourquoi+nous+l%27appelons+%C2%AB+le+pr%C3%A9sent+roosevelt&amp;focus=searchwithinvolume&amp;q=eleanor+roosevelt (2010). None of these works cite any original reference. <br class="br">Disputed