A Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

Develop a skin as thick as a rhinoceros hide!

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt
American - First lady
October 11, 1884 - November 7, 1962

Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.

Eleanor Roosevelt

If a woman wants to succeed in the public arena, she needs to grow skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros. I have certainly, as you can tell, have had to learn how to do that, and there's a lot of good moisturizers I can tell you about if you're interested. The second thing is to learn how to take criticism seriously but not personally.

Hillary Clinton

There are many ways to be influential. You can work for politicians or in government and make a difference. And for young women who are interested in running for office, you just have to decide you're going to follow Eleanor Roosevelt's maxim about growing skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros, and you have to be incredibly well-prepared - better prepared [than a man], actually - and you have to figure out how you're going to present yourself, and you have to have a support group around you, because it can be really a brutal experience.

Hillary Clinton

You have to develop a very thick skin.

Gabrielle Union

A woman with opinions had better develop a thick skin and a loud voice.

Anya Seton

When you work in TV you have to develop a thick skin, and I have certainly grown used to criticism.

Susanna Reid

In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature.

Taylor Swift

As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering.

Emun Elliott

If your friend is critical [of your work], you have to have a very thick skin and a thick skin is something that only builds up after it's callused for awhile.

Damon Lindelof

Having a thick skin doesn't mean that you're hard or harsh. I was lucky because I was born with a thick skin. That doesn't mean that things don't bother me, but you have to keep it in perspective.

Shelley Moore Capito

You develop a thick skin. And once all the chips have been played, you make sure you're working on behalf of Arizona.

Paul Gosar

Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression.

Mariella Frostrup

We've had to develop a super-thick skin. We've been beaten up more than any band in history.

Steve Lukather

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

John Irving

In the performing arts you have to have thick, thick, thick skin, because of all the rejection you face on a daily basis, and the fact that work never lasts for very long. But you need thin, thin, thin skin in order to access all of your emotions and your creativity so that you can express it. You can't be dead inside. Otherwise you've got nothing to give. So it's a paradox, that we have to exist in both planes in order to do what we do.