Roosevelt, E: What Are We For? (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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A Paperback Original From one of the world’s most celebrated and admired public figures, Eleanor Roosevelt, comes this collection of treasured sayings—beautifully illustrated with line drawings and in a gorgeous package—the perfect gift for Mother’s Day and graduation.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent . We’ve all heard this powerful Eleanor Roosevelt quote. But there are so many wonderful ones that readers have likely never seen, just as inspiring and just as remarkable. Now in this prized collection of sayings, we read Eleanor’s wise words on government, children, women’s rights, community, fear, joy, the self, work, and simply life itself. These sayings are fresh, useful, and deeply moving. Roosevelt’s eloquence leaps off the page in memorable quotes such One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. Progress is rarely achieved by indifference. I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is If they don’t make up their minds, someone will do it for them. Unless people are willing to face the unfamiliar they cannot be creative in any sense, for creativity always means the doing of the unfamiliar, the breaking of new ground. …and these are just a few. In this politically divisive moment in our nation’s history, Roosevelt’s quotes have an even deeper resonance—for she was a political leader, after all, who knew the power of words.