I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man... Theodore Roosevelt, the Boy and the Man - Page 221by James Morgan - 1907 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1903 - 172 pages
...the utmost happiness from it may not twine about it roses of fancy and hide the most of its thorns. I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man... | |
| 1903 - 828 pages
...and era is preaching in season and out, by word and by deed, the gospel of earnest effort : "I wish to preach the highest form of success which comes not to the man who desires easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil. . .... | |
| Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 544 pages
...his speech to the Hamilton Club, in Chicago, in 1899. This was the sentence in which it occurred : " I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man... | |
| Edward Stratemeyer - 1904 - 388 pages
...has stood for something definite, and is much in use. In part Mr. Roosevelt spoke as follows : — "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...toil and effort ; of labor and strife ; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man... | |
| Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 244 pages
...present, and nothing helps it more than the consciousness of achievement in the past. THE STRENUOUS LIFE I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man... | |
| Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 540 pages
...his speech to the Hamilton Club, in Chicago, in 1899. This was the sentence in which it occurred : " I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease,...of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man... | |
| Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 526 pages
...the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man...but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardships, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph," On practical... | |
| Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 488 pages
...his speech to the Hamilton Club, in Chicago, in 1899. This was the sentence in which it occurred : " I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the ilife of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes,... | |
| Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 526 pages
...is hard to fail, but worse never to have tried to succeed." A battle for him who strives for " that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to him who does not shrink from danger, from hardship or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the... | |
| 1906 - 462 pages
...the satisfaction they are giving. The Birmingham Convention of Master House Painters and Decorators. "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease...of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man... | |
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