Contents
Surnames A - C
- 1 Joseph Addison, 3 Elements of Happiness
- 2 Douglas Bader, Handicaps
- 3 Honore de Balzac, Praise and Humility
- 4 Charles A. Beard, Man’s Purpose
- 5 Ruth Benedict, Excitement
- 6 John Bogle , Investing
- 7 Randolph Bourne, Friendship
- 8 Richard Branson, Choosing a Business Venture
- 9 Bertolt Brecht, Initiative
- 10 Robert Browning, Making the Effort
- 11 Giordano Bruno, Conviction
- 12 Pearl Buck, The Power of Youth
- 13 Edmund Burke, Doing the Right Thing
- 14 Albert Camus, Hope
- 15 Thomas Carlyle, Making a Difference
- 16 Dale Carnegie, Showing Appreciation
- 17 Winston Churchill, Courage and Listening
- 18 Marcus Tullius Cicero, Suspicions
- 19 Arthur Compton, Advantages of Modern Life
- 20 Kevin Costner, Staying True to Yourself
Surnames D - H
- 21 Bette Davis, Creativity and Money
- 22 Jefferson Davis, Subservience and Pride
- 23 Charles Dickens, The Ends Don’t Justify the Means
- 24 Dwight Eisenhower, Leadership and Integrity
- 25 George Eliot, Regrets
- 26 Ralph Waldo Emerson, Actions Speak Louder Than Words
- 27 Epictetus, Becoming Your Best Self
- 28 Malcolm Forbes, Character
- 29 Harrison Ford, Success and Individuality
- 30 Benjamin Franklin, Self-esteem vs. Popularity
- 31 Thomas Fuller, Hope
- 32 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Happiness and Harmony
- 33 Romain Gary, Humor and Dignity
- 34 Pete Goss, Getting Others Involved
- 35 Douglas Haig, No Surrender
- 36 Ernest Hemingway, Pressure
- 37 Audrey Hepburn, How to be Beautiful
- 38 Victor Hugo, Obscure Struggles
- 39 Zora Neale Hurston, Making the Effort
- 40 Thomas Henry Huxley, Class
Surnames I - R
- 41 Washington Irving, Women and Adversity
- 42 William James, Attitude
- 43 Thomas Jefferson, Style Vs Principle
- 44 Helen Keller, Changing the World
- 45 Robert F. Kennedy, Effort
- 46 Martin Luther King, Jr., Pride in Work
- 47 Charles Kingsley, Value of Work
- 48 Abraham Lincoln, Daily Life
- 49 Vince Lombardi, Resilience
- 50 George Leigh Mallory, Challenge
- 51 Abraham Maslow, Fulfillment Through Work
- 52 David McKay, Challenge
- 53 Friedrich Nietzsche, Self-Respect
- 54 Louis Nizer, Religion
- 55 Thomas Paine, Profiting from Adversity
- 56 Louis Pasteur, Ideals
- 57 Alexander Pope, Admitting Mistakes
- 58 Christopher Reeve, Dreams
- 59 Eleanor Roosevelt, Confronting Fear
- 60 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Happiness and Achievement
- 61 Theodore Roosevelt, No Excuses
- 62 E. Merrill Root, Work and Happiness
- 63 John Ruskin, Learning from Others
Surnames S - Z
- 64 George Santayana, Lovers and Philosophers
- 65 William Shakespeare, Be Yourself
- 66 George Bernard Shaw, Creating Opportunity
- 67 John Steinbeck, Leadership
- 68 Robert Louis Stevenson, Potential
- 69 Thomas Szasz, Finding Yourself
- 70 Mother Teresa, Action Over Ideology
- 71 Leo Tolstoy, What is Art?
- 72 Anthony Trollope, Against the Odds
- 73 Booker T. Washington, Rising Above Hatred
- 74 Hugh White, Focus on the Future
- 75 Wang Yang-ming, Mistakes
chapter 5
Ruth Benedict
Excitement
"The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good. "
— Ruth Benedict (1887 - 1948)
American Anthropologist
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