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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... feel perfectly inadequate to answer this because I never planned a career and never prepared for it. To this day I do not feel I have had a career. What I have done is to live every experience to the utmost. As I look back, I think ...
... feel perfectly inadequate to answer this because I never planned a career and never prepared for it. To this day I do not feel I have had a career. What I have done is to live every experience to the utmost. As I look back, I think ...
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... feel and see and touch and experience in his daily life. Carried to an extreme, the progressive method has not attempted to direct the child in any direction in which he does not want to go. Unless he enjoys it or sees a value in it, he ...
... feel and see and touch and experience in his daily life. Carried to an extreme, the progressive method has not attempted to direct the child in any direction in which he does not want to go. Unless he enjoys it or sees a value in it, he ...
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... feel alien. “How,” they ask me, “can I educate myself so that I will fit in with my husband's family and friends? What ought I to learn?” I answer them as best I can, inadequately, I am afraid, because it is difficult to give anyone a ...
... feel alien. “How,” they ask me, “can I educate myself so that I will fit in with my husband's family and friends? What ought I to learn?” I answer them as best I can, inadequately, I am afraid, because it is difficult to give anyone a ...
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... feel that they know all the answers. They don't discuss things with you. They tell you. But my aunt kept, until her death, the elasticity of her mind, though she had so long lost the elasticity of her body. Today, many old people who ...
... feel that they know all the answers. They don't discuss things with you. They tell you. But my aunt kept, until her death, the elasticity of her mind, though she had so long lost the elasticity of her body. Today, many old people who ...
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... feel. It helps to keep you curious, anxious to understand what is going on around you. Of course, unless it is checked, imagination can remain only a means of escape; but if it is nourished and directed, it can become a flame that ...
... feel. It helps to keep you curious, anxious to understand what is going on around you. Of course, unless it is checked, imagination can remain only a means of escape; but if it is nourished and directed, it can become a flame that ...
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