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Theodore Roosevelt approached Grit from first principles, cutting through assumptions to reveal fundamental truths. This archive captures that thinking, giving you access to frameworks you can build on. Every quote is sourced and contextualized, allowing you to understand their reasoning. Use this when you need to think clearly about Grit without inheriting broken mental models.
"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."
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly."
"Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength."
"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."
"The absence of reward should not be a cause for the absence of effort."
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