[PDF] To Mother Wit And Wisdom Of Famous American Women eBook

Author : John C. Maxwell
Publisher : FaithWords
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 24,63 MB
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1455557099

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If you could spend a few minutes with biblical heroines Ruth, Sarah, Mary, and others, what valuable lessons would they share with you? In the tradition of Running with the Giants and Learning from the Giants, John Maxwell shares wisdom on life and leadership inspired by the Bible-this time focusing solely on the stories of nine incredible women. Learn how God blesses the promises you keep to Him, why you should follow your heart to find your hope, and how not to miss your moment with God. Read on your own or study with a group using the provided faith-building questions. You'll enjoy the journey with Maxwell as he imagines what it would be like to visit heaven and meet giants of the faith who had their lives transformed by God. You'll gain insights from: Ruth...for when you must make a decision but don't know what to do. Sarah...for when you can't understand God and impatience threatens to overwhelm you. Mary. . .for when God asks you to do something outside of your comfort zone. The women who influenced Maxwell inspired this book, and he includes the perspectives of those closest to him in this volume. They and the giants of the faith who continue to inspire them will encourage you to fulfill your destiny and leave a lasting, positive impression on your family and the world.

Author : Emma Careford
Publisher : Paul Costelo
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 41,77 MB
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Reference
ISBN :

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Women are strong, powerful, loving, caring, gentle, ruthless. We possess every strength and weakness you can think of. We are mothers, daughters, lovers, wives, sisters. We possess wisdom and wit. And you can see our wit, our wisdom, our capacity for life nowhere better than in these great quotations. 365 of them, split into months and days to live your life by. Inspirational quotes, motivational quotations, mother and daughter quotes, relationships, divorce, men, children; the power of women is served up in these life changing quotations. Racism, freedom, relationships, sex, family, mother daughter relationships and much, much more is covered in the pages of this gem. The first half of this inspirational book deals with family, with relationships, with mothers and their feelings. Agatha Christie on being a mother: “A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path. “ Jodi Picoult about her mother: “My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.” JK Rowling on the love of a mother: “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark … to have been loved so deeply ... will give us some protection forever.” How about Florida Scott –Maxwell: “No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.” Or Phyllis Diller:" We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up." The next 6 months gives you quotes from some of the greatest women that have ever lived. The great poet and advocate of women, Maya Angelou; the wonderful Germaine Greer, Susan B Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Helen Keller and Rosa Parks. There’s a mini biography to go with each one just in case you know nothing about them. Hang your head in shame! My thanks to Wikipedia for the mini biographies. Love quotes from Helen Keller: “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.” Inspirational quotes from Harriet Beecher Stowe;” The longest day must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.” Funny quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt:” I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.” Quotes about life from Maya Angelou; “I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’” and from Rosa Parks: “. Each person must live their life as a model for others.” And on sex and love from Germaine Greer: “I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn.” These only scratch the surface of the wisdom of women.365 great quotes to live your life by. Writers, artists, business women; women from all creeds, centuries and societies have their say. Oh, there is the occasional quote from a man but don’t let that put you off. We do need them sometimes, after all!

Author : Cokie Roberts
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,37 MB
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0061867462

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Cokie Roberts's number one New York Times bestseller, We Are Our Mothers' Daughters, examined the nature of women's roles throughout history and led USA Today to praise her as a "custodian of time-honored values." Her second bestseller, From This Day Forward, written with her husband, Steve Roberts, described American marriages throughout history, including the romance of John and Abigail Adams. Now Roberts returns with Founding Mothers, an intimate and illuminating look at the fervently patriotic and passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf of their families -- and their country -- proved just as crucial to the forging of a new nation as the rebellion that established it. While much has been written about the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, battled the British, and framed the Constitution, the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters they left behind have been little noticed by history. Roberts brings us the women who fought the Revolution as valiantly as the men, often defending their very doorsteps. While the men went off to war or to Congress, the women managed their businesses, raised their children, provided them with political advice, and made it possible for the men to do what they did. The behind-the-scenes influence of these women -- and their sometimes very public activities -- was intelligent and pervasive. Drawing upon personal correspondence, private journals, and even favored recipes, Roberts reveals the often surprising stories of these fascinating women, bringing to life the everyday trials and extraordinary triumphs of individuals like Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Deborah Read Franklin, Eliza Pinckney, Catherine Littlefield Green, Esther DeBerdt Reed, and Martha Washington -- proving that without our exemplary women, the new country might never have survived. Social history at its best, Founding Mothers unveils the drive, determination, creative insight, and passion of the other patriots, the women who raised our nation. Roberts proves beyond a doubt that like every generation of American women that has followed, the founding mothers used the unique gifts of their gender -- courage, pluck, sadness, joy, energy, grace, sensitivity, and humor -- to do what women do best, put one foot in front of the other in remarkable circumstances and carry on.

Author : Harry Mount
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 38,45 MB
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1472976525

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A return to the wit and wisdom of Boris Johnson – Brexiteer, Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister. New and updated edition. 2019 – the year that Boris took on the 'lingering gloomadon-poppers', pledged to steer the UK between the 'Scylla and Charybdis of Corbyn and Farage' and into the calmer waters of political freedom. Of course there was always bound to be 'a bit of plaster coming off the ceilings of Europe's Chanceries'. Harry Mount has updated his edited collection of the Prime Minister's wit and wisdom with three new chapters dealing with Boris's time as Brexiteer-in-chief; Foreign Secretary and 'On the Threshold of Downing Street'. He describes Boris's Brexit campaign, his leadership breakdown in 2016, his ups and downs as Foreign Secretary, his time outside the political establishment, his turbulent private life and how Boris felt it was his manifest destiny to become the Prime Minister. So buckle up for a riotous tour of the million-pound NHS funder, golden wonder, pro-having, pro-eating blond behemoth. This is the Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson.