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“Courage is moreexhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have tobecome heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each new thing thatcomes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have thestrength to stare it down.”
 
Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the world s best loved andmost admired public figures, offers a wise and intimate guide on how toovercome fears, embrace challenges as opportunities, and cultivate civic pride:You Learn by Living. A crucial precursor to better-living guides likeMark Nepo s The Book of Awakening or Robert Persig s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,as well as political memoirs such as John F. Kennedy s Profiles in Courage,the First Lady s illuminating manual of personal exploration resonates with thetimeless power to change lives.