 It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort. Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been stored up effort in the past. A man can be freed from the necessity of...  The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The strenuous lifeby Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 19 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Stratemeyer - 1904 - 388 pages
...wins the splendid ultimate triumph." Another paragraph is equally interesting and elevating : — " We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire...; but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." And to this he adds : — "As it is with the individual so it is with the nation. It is a base untruth... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 588 pages
...nation. We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious efforts, the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt...fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort. Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - 1911 - 412 pages
...10, 1899. From The Strenuous Life. Essays and Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt. The Century Co., 1900. in art, in exploration, in historical research —...fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort. Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there... | |
 | Henry Dwight Porter - 1911 - 424 pages
...velvet bloom leading us down to the dales." — Anon. We admire the man who embodies victorious efforts, the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt...necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. — TR xvin A MISSIONARY FURLOUGH ON the llth of February Dr. Ament had written, " My plans are indefinite,... | |
 | 1912 - 520 pages
...man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help his friend , but who has those virile qualities necessary...hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to suceed. S. 29 : The army and the navy are the sword and the shield which this nation must carry if... | |
 | 1912 - 504 pages
...who embodies victorious effort ; the man who never wrongs his neighbor , who is prompt to help his friend , but who has those virile qualities necessary...life. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to havetried to suceed. S. 29 : The army and the navy are the sword and the shield which this nation must... | |
 | Lucia True Ames Mead - 1912 - 310 pages
...which this nation must carry. We do not admire the man of timid peace. By war alone can we acquire those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life. * Upon the writer of newspaper headlines and editorials there is a greater moral responsibility than... | |
 | Lucia True Ames Mead - 1912 - 314 pages
...which this nation must carry. We do not admire the man of timid peace. By war alone can we acquire those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.1 Upon the writer of newspaper headlines and editorials there is a greater moral responsibility... | |
 | Elias Hershey Sneath, George Hodges, Edward Lawrence Stevens - 1913 - 384 pages
...is to be the first consideration in their eyes — to be the ultimate goal after which they strive? You work yourselves, and you bring up your sons to...fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort. Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there... | |
 | Joseph Charles Sindelar - 1914 - 264 pages
...Matt. 20 : 26-27. Sing: "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton," from New Common-School Song Book. 27 PERSEVERANCE It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. — Theodore Roosevelt ROBERT BRUCE AND THE SPIDER IT WAS the perseverance of the spider that taught... | |
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