 We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor; who is prompt to help a friend; but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.  Public Papers of Theodore Roosevelt, Governor, 1899[-1900] - Page 292by New York (State). Governor (1899-1901 : Roosevelt), Theodore Roosevelt - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Karen Ward Mahar - 2006 - 352 pages
...before the Hamilton Club of Chicago entitled "The Strenuous Life," in which he celebrated the man "who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life" and urged his listeners to "be glad to do a man's work, to dare and endure and to labor."36 Cinematographers... | |
 | Michele K. Gillespie, Randal L. Hall - 2009 - 240 pages
...Teddy Roosevelt's call for a "strenuous life" for American men and the nation; America needed men with "those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life." 31 In an effort to attract men to Christianity, Social Gospelers such as Walter Rauschenbusch depicted... | |
 | Christopher Bergland - 2007 - 406 pages
...victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbors; who is prompt to help a friend; but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the...succeed In this life we get nothing save by effort. I love this quote for its humanism, high aspirations, and collective ideals, but I'm also aware of... | |
 | Florence Powers - 2007 - 74 pages
...Determination is a call to the human spirit. You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. When you devote yourself to achieving your goals, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. When... | |
 | Edwin Silié - 2007 - 198 pages
...back onto our own." Augustine Edwin Markham "Not failure, but low aim, is crime." James Russell Lowell "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." Theodore Roosevelt "For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats... | |
 | Peter Pauper Press - 2007 - 200 pages
...to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. RICHARD BACH Fortune favors the brave. VIRGIL It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. THEODORE ROOSEVELT Il I! The more you can dream, the more you can do. MICHAEL KORDA The only way to... | |
 | Saad Shaikh M. D., Saad Shaikh - 2007 - 342 pages
...against adversity. - Seneca A jp^ctaclc or \/is\on Jjow jVfuopia f3linaed ana ^)avea the (resident It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. - Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life Theodore Roosevelt's life was one of constant activity, energy,... | |
 | 1919 - 624 pages
...to it The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have...succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort. It is difficult to estimate the influence upon a life of an early formed habit of doing everything... | |
 | 1913 - 968 pages
...as England, Canada and the United States if participation in active warfare is necessary to preserve "those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life." It is undoubtedly true that the highest qualities of manhood can be developed and perpetuated only through... | |
 | 1911 - 592 pages
...liberty. — Hugo. In the home circle, as in the world without, success is a necessity. — Balzac. It is hard to fail; but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. — Roosevelt. LATE FIELD NEWS. Encouraging Reports from Organizers and Officers in the Various Sections.... | |
| |
