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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... grow as human beings to the last day of our life, and to continue to learn. By learning, of course, I mean a great deal more than so-called formal education. Nobody can learn all he needs to know. Education provides the necessary tools ...
... grow as human beings to the last day of our life, and to continue to learn. By learning, of course, I mean a great deal more than so-called formal education. Nobody can learn all he needs to know. Education provides the necessary tools ...
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... . The learning process must go on as long as we live. Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth; or, to put it another way, we can grow only as long.
... . The learning process must go on as long as we live. Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth; or, to put it another way, we can grow only as long.
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... grow only as long as we are interested. For some years now there has been considerable conflict in educational circles about what and how children should be taught. The old system was to serve two purposes: to discipline the mind and to ...
... grow only as long as we are interested. For some years now there has been considerable conflict in educational circles about what and how children should be taught. The old system was to serve two purposes: to discipline the mind and to ...
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... growing. Other people, against tremendous handicaps, continue to grow. I am thinking especially of one of my aunts, Mrs. Cowles. She became so helplessly crippled by arthritis that she could not move. Every day she was dressed and ...
... growing. Other people, against tremendous handicaps, continue to grow. I am thinking especially of one of my aunts, Mrs. Cowles. She became so helplessly crippled by arthritis that she could not move. Every day she was dressed and ...
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... grow and to increase in depth of understanding. Nor could she have been, as she was, in spite of crippling handicaps, a happy woman. Her younger sister, Mrs. Douglas Robinson, was a poet. Perhaps she has no claim to live among the ...
... grow and to increase in depth of understanding. Nor could she have been, as she was, in spite of crippling handicaps, a happy woman. Her younger sister, Mrs. Douglas Robinson, was a poet. Perhaps she has no claim to live among the ...
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