 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.  Public Papers of Governor - Page 291by New York (State). Governor - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Tom Weaver - 2010 - 404 pages
...have done better. It is the man in the arena who matters. Far better it is to dare mighty things . . . than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much or suffer much." Theodore Roosevelt penned those words in 1899, a quarter-century before the birth... | |
 | Tom Lansford - 2005 - 186 pages
...Writing in 1900, Roosevelt inadvertently penned the phrase that could easily serve as his epitaph: Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious...because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.'4 13 Bill Clinton, "Remarks by the President at the Medal of Honor Ceremony,"... | |
 | Mike Tougias - 2005 - 336 pages
...as I have lived, reverence and gratitude greater and deeper than ever possessed me. — HENRY BESTON Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious...because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. —THEODORE ROOSEVELT WARREN ANDREWS Warren passed away in the early 1990s.... | |
 | Ron Wendel - 2009 - 132 pages
...Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, 26th President of the United States of America) said, "Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even...because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." HAVE YOU EVER noticed that in most races, the difference between first and... | |
 | August J. Specht II - 2005 - 101 pages
...—Neil Kaiser Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. —Mark Twain Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious...enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. —Theodore Roosevelt True courage is like a kite;... | |
 | Matthew Stanley, Ph. D. Matthew Stanley - 2000 - 186 pages
...return from your journey, holding your Golden Chalice. Chapter Six The Initiation "Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even...because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt lason and his courageous crew had to endure the mischie'vous... | |
 | Richard Zera - 2005 - 316 pages
...something and failed, you are vastly better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious...triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight... | |
 | Sango Mbella - 2005 - 304 pages
...points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid. -John Keats (1795 - 1821) Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious...triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight... | |
 | 2004 - 516 pages
...people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. — Charles F. Kettering Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure . . . than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight... | |
 | Michael E. Chalberg - 2020 - 532 pages
...failing to Council and they gave a quote from Roosevelt that silenced my argument; "Far better is it to dare mighty things... to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the great... | |
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