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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... ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person. Book education cannot accomplish this ...
... ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person. Book education cannot accomplish this ...
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... ideas with other people. In particular, it means learning from other people. There is no human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep. As a young woman, I was very conscious that I did not have ...
... ideas with other people. In particular, it means learning from other people. There is no human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep. As a young woman, I was very conscious that I did not have ...
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... idea entertained me, though I doubted that it would ever serve my purpose. But a time came when the alphabet saved me from sitting in utter silence throughout a whole meal. My husband and I were landing at Boston with President and Mrs ...
... idea entertained me, though I doubted that it would ever serve my purpose. But a time came when the alphabet saved me from sitting in utter silence throughout a whole meal. My husband and I were landing at Boston with President and Mrs ...
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... ideas, we will be able to welcome the new flow of thought from wherever it comes, not resisting it; weighing and evaluating and exploring the strange new concepts that confront us at every turn. We cannot shut the windows and pull down ...
... ideas, we will be able to welcome the new flow of thought from wherever it comes, not resisting it; weighing and evaluating and exploring the strange new concepts that confront us at every turn. We cannot shut the windows and pull down ...
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... idea—often felt that they had arrived at terminal knowledge on government, history, economics, science, social values, and the class system. A nice, neat, unchanging world. But where is it now? Today, living and learning must go hand in ...
... idea—often felt that they had arrived at terminal knowledge on government, history, economics, science, social values, and the class system. A nice, neat, unchanging world. But where is it now? Today, living and learning must go hand in ...
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