You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling LifeHarper Collins, 2011 M04 26 - 228 páginas 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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... Perhaps they may steer someone away from the pitfalls into which I stumbled or help them to avoid the mistakes I have made. Or perhaps one can learn only by one's own mistakes. The essential thing is to learn. Learning and living. But ...
... Perhaps they may steer someone away from the pitfalls into which I stumbled or help them to avoid the mistakes I have made. Or perhaps one can learn only by one's own mistakes. The essential thing is to learn. Learning and living. But ...
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... perhaps eight lines, and repeat it after the first reading. At first I could not do it, but gradually I was able to manage fairly well. She taught us history and, though we were only fifteen or sixteen, I imagine her methods were more ...
... perhaps eight lines, and repeat it after the first reading. At first I could not do it, but gradually I was able to manage fairly well. She taught us history and, though we were only fifteen or sixteen, I imagine her methods were more ...
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... Perhaps she has no claim to live among the immortals but she wrote some things that I still like to read, and, about those she loved, she wrote with astonishing insight. During the First World War she wrote a poem about Mrs. Cowles ...
... Perhaps she has no claim to live among the immortals but she wrote some things that I still like to read, and, about those she loved, she wrote with astonishing insight. During the First World War she wrote a poem about Mrs. Cowles ...
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... perhaps, have any of us needed as much as we do today to use all the curiosity we have, needed to seek new knowledge, needed to realize that no knowledge is terminal. For almost everything in our world is new, startlingly new. None of ...
... perhaps, have any of us needed as much as we do today to use all the curiosity we have, needed to seek new knowledge, needed to realize that no knowledge is terminal. For almost everything in our world is new, startlingly new. None of ...
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... perhaps, or just exchanging comments about what is being read. I think it is a tremendous loss to a child to grow up in a family without conversation. Naturally, there are always trivial things, plans and details to be talked over. But ...
... perhaps, or just exchanging comments about what is being read. I think it is a tremendous loss to a child to grow up in a family without conversation. Naturally, there are always trivial things, plans and details to be talked over. But ...
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