You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling LifeHarper Collins, 2011 M04 26 - 228 pages From a former first lady and civil rights activist, “a frank and practical book which . . . will be a source of comfort and inspiration to her many admirers” –Kirkus Reviews Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each new thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down. One of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, Roosevelt penned this simple guide to living a fuller life—a powerful volume of enduring commonsense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living, she takes readers on a path to compassion, confidence, maturity, civic stewardship, and more. Her keys to a fulfilling life? Learning to Learn • Fear—the Great Enemy • The Uses of Time • The Difficult Art of Maturity • Readjustment is Endless • Learning to Be Useful• The Right to Be an Individual • How to Get the Best Out of People •Facing Responsibility • How Everyone Can Take Part in Politics • Learning to Be a Public Servant The First Lady’s illuminating manual is a window into Eleanor Roosevelt herself and a trove of timeless wisdom that resonates in any era. |
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... course, would be nonsense. I have no such all-inclusive wisdom to offer, only a few guideposts that have proved helpful to me in the course of a long life. Perhaps they may steer someone away from the pitfalls into which I stumbled or ...
... course, would be nonsense. I have no such all-inclusive wisdom to offer, only a few guideposts that have proved helpful to me in the course of a long life. Perhaps they may steer someone away from the pitfalls into which I stumbled or ...
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... courses in which these are taught; and yet they are the qualities that make all learning rewarding, that make all life ... course, I mean a great deal more than so-called formal education. Nobody can learn all he needs to know. Education ...
... courses in which these are taught; and yet they are the qualities that make all learning rewarding, that make all life ... course, I mean a great deal more than so-called formal education. Nobody can learn all he needs to know. Education ...
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... course, it is useful to relate the child to his immediate surroundings, to have him understand them and their functioning. It is never enough, it seems to me, to teach a child mere information. In the first place, we have to face the ...
... course, it is useful to relate the child to his immediate surroundings, to have him understand them and their functioning. It is never enough, it seems to me, to teach a child mere information. In the first place, we have to face the ...
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... course, will add to their background and give them at least a glimpse of the intellectual framework of our past. But the answer must go farther than that. What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through ...
... course, will add to their background and give them at least a glimpse of the intellectual framework of our past. But the answer must go farther than that. What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through ...
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... course, I was the heroine. My father was always the hero. He was good looking and charming. In the eyes of the child I was he had no faults and no weaknesses. For many years, he embodied all the qualities I looked for in a man. The ...
... course, I was the heroine. My father was always the hero. He was good looking and charming. In the eyes of the child I was he had no faults and no weaknesses. For many years, he embodied all the qualities I looked for in a man. The ...
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