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Theodore Roosevelt's most famous words are from his 'Man in the Arena' speech. He taught that 'it is not the critic who counts... the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood. ' For Roosevelt, courage was the willingness to fail while daring greatly. He led the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill and survived an assassination attempt by finishing his speech while bleeding. He teaches that courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision that something else is more important.
"Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords."
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."
"No man can lead a happy life if he is selfish or if he is a coward."
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."
"It is not the critic who counts... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood."
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much."
"Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength."
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
"The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it."
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
"No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his life, in a great cause."
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President... is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
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