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Inspiring Quotes from Teddy Roosevelt
In The Arena
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, 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;
who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause;
who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement;
and who, at 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 nor defeat.
- President Teddy Roosevelt
Here's another Roosevelt Quote
Far better it is to dare mighty things,
to win glorious triumphs,
even though checkered by failure,
than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much,
because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899
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More Inspiring Quotes
BELIEVE
IF YOU BELIEVE IT, YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT.
A PLAN
WITHOUT A PLAN, PLAN TO FAIL.
YOU CAN...
YOU CAN PAY THE PRICE FOR SUCCESS NOW,
OR YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR FAILURE LATER.
WHAT'S WORSE?
WHAT'S WORSE THAN NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO?KNOWING WHAT TO DO AND NOT DOING IT!
WHATEVER...
WHATEVER YOU PUT UP WITH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL HAVE.
GROW PEOPLE
IF YOU WANT 1 YEAR OF PROSPERITY, GROW GRAIN.
IF YOU WANT 10 YEARS OF PROSPERITY, GROW TREES.
IF YOU WANT 100 YEARS OF PROSPERITY, GROW PEOPLE.
~Ancient Chinese Proverb
WELL DONE...
WELL DONE IS BETTER THAN WELL SAID.
~Ben Franklin
PAIN/PLEASURE
NOT ALL PLEASURE IS GOOD.
NOT ALL PAIN IS BAD.
PAIN
PAIN IS WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY.
COURAGE
COURAGE IS RESISTANCE TO FEAR,
MASTERY OF FEAR,
NOT ABSENCE OF FEAR.
BELIEF
A BELIEF IS NOT MERELY AN IDEA THE MIND POSSESSES, IT IS AN IDEA THAT POSSESSES THE MIND.
FINISHED?
A PERSON IS NOT FINISHED WHEN THEY ARE DEFEATED.
THEY ARE FINISHED WHEN THEY QUIT.
TRY
THERE IS NO DISGRACE IN A FAILURE,
ONLY IN A FAILURE TO TRY.
OPTIONAL
BEING CHALLENGED IS INEVITABLE.
BEING DEFEATED IS OPTIONAL.
CHANGE
WHEN IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO SUFFER THAN CHANGE, YOU WILL CHANGE.
LIVE BY DESIGN
LIVE YOUR LIFE THE WAY YOU DESIGN IT TO BE, NOT JUST THE WAY IT TURNS OUT.
COMMITTED?
IF YOU'RE NOT COMMITTED TO SOMETHING,
YOU'RE JUST TAKING UP SPACE.
HABIT
SUCCESS IS A HABIT, SO IS FAILURE.
QUESTIONS
THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE IS DETERMINED BY THE QUALITY OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ASK YOURSELF ON A DAILY BASIS.
~ANTHONY ROBBINS
YOUR LIFE
THE BEST USE OF YOUR LIFE IS TO SPEND IT ON SOMETHING THAT WILL OUTLAST IT.
TOPPED OUT?
IF WE ARE UNWILLING TO CHANGE, IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY WE HAVE REACHED OUR MAXIMUM LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT.
NEVER
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
LEARN
IF YOU LEARN FROM DEFEAT,
YOU REALLY HAVEN'T LOST.
FRIENDS
AM I NOT DESTROYING MY ENEMIES WHEN I MAKE FRIENDS OF THEM?
~ABRAHAM LINCOLN
FUTURE
MY INTEREST IS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE I AM GOING TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE THERE.
~CHARLES F. KETTERING
100%
YOU'LL MISS 100% OF THE SHOTS THAT YOU NEVER TAKE.
~WAYNE GRETSKY
SOMETHING
IT IS BETTER TO DO SOMETHING IMPERFECTLY THAN NOTHING FLAWLESSLY.
~ DR. ROBERT SCHULLER
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