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SubTitle: Man in the Arena
Posted by: rs on 11/16/1997@13:02hrs:
In Reply to: Re: What I Can't Understand posted by: rs on 11/16/1997@12:12hrs:
Here's the quote:
"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, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt, address at the Sorbonne, Paris, France, April 23, 1910, "Citizenship in a Republic," The Strenuous Life (vol. 13 of the Works of Theodore Roosevelt, national ed., chapter 21, p. 510 (1926). From "Respectfully Quoted" A Dictionary of Quotations Requested From the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, 1989
A wonderful point, Dan, thanks for bringing it up; you keep handing me those snowballs; I'll keep flinging. rs