Always do what you are afraid to do.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Facing one's fears Fear Taking risks

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Heroism Essays: First Series (Emerson)

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Heroism." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Heroism." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

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The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Virtue Friendship Reciprocity

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Friendship Essays: First Series (Emerson)
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1841 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

Another quote from the 1840s

Oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire, secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

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Stinginess

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Charles Dickens
Source
A Christmas Carol
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1843 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, stave 1.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. "A Christmas Carol." A Christmas Carol and Other Writings, edited by Michael Slater. Penguin, 2003, stave 1.

Another quote about Taking risks

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Following your dreams Taking risks Courage Success

Author

Henry David Thoreau
Source
Conclusion Walden
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1854 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Words vs. actions Taking action Self-improvement Personal growth

Author

Marcus Aurelius
Source
Meditations
Medium
Personal journal
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Greek
Time
180 180s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 10.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 10.