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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... sense. And the purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. You can do that only if you have curiosity, an unquenchable spirit of ...
... sense. And the purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. You can do that only if you have curiosity, an unquenchable spirit of ...
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... sense to feel it as an experience. Everything I did with my father remains in my memory today, a vivid moment not to be forgotten. I remember standing on the edge of Vesuvius with him while he threw in a penny, which came back covered ...
... sense to feel it as an experience. Everything I did with my father remains in my memory today, a vivid moment not to be forgotten. I remember standing on the edge of Vesuvius with him while he threw in a penny, which came back covered ...
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Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life Eleanor Roosevelt. imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life. You will find no courses in which these are taught; and yet they are the qualities that make all learning rewarding, that make ...
Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life Eleanor Roosevelt. imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life. You will find no courses in which these are taught; and yet they are the qualities that make all learning rewarding, that make ...
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... sense of the adventure of life. One of the things I believe most intensely is that every child's why should be answered with care—and with respect. If you do not know the answer, and you often will not, then take the child with you to a ...
... sense of the adventure of life. One of the things I believe most intensely is that every child's why should be answered with care—and with respect. If you do not know the answer, and you often will not, then take the child with you to a ...
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... advice and understanding still wonder, in a dilemma, what she would have said, what she would have advised, and are aware of an ever-recurring sense of loss that she can no longer tell them. What made my aunt the rare and useful person she.
... advice and understanding still wonder, in a dilemma, what she would have said, what she would have advised, and are aware of an ever-recurring sense of loss that she can no longer tell them. What made my aunt the rare and useful person she.
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