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Apr 30, 2018 · Theodore Roosevelt. A century before Caitlin Moran cautioned that “cynicism scours through a culture like bleach, wiping out millions of small, seedling ideas,” Roosevelt admonishes against “that queer and cheap temptation” to be cynical, and writes: The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.
Theodore Roosevelt delivered the speech entitled “Citizenship in a Republic” at the Sorbonne in Paris on April 23, 1910. The speech is popularly known as “The Man in the Arena.”. His statements at the Sorbonne were part of a larger trip to Europe that also included visits to Vienna, Budapest, and Oslo. On May 5, 1910, he gave his Nobel ...
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Mar 9, 2023 · Roosevelt might be even more surprised to learn that the most famous section of his speech still resonates and inspires, even today. When Richard Nixon resigned, he quoted "The Man in the Arena ...
Jan 18, 2011 · The famous Theodore Roosevelt quote about striving valiantly and daring greatly. “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done 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 ...
May 6, 2018 · This week’s “Brain Pickings” features a 1910 speech by Theodore Roosevelt, admonishing people to do something, rather than merely criticize what others do. “The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twisted pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves […]
A man should no more be excused for lying on the stump than for lying off the stump. Theodore Roosevelt writes in the essay "Promise and Performance" from The Strenuous Life about the responsibilities of politicians to hold their word. A man to be a good citizen must first be a good bread-winner, a good husband, a good father--I hope the father ...
Feb 6, 2021 · Comparison is the thief of joy. The thief of joy is comparison. Comparison is the death of joy. Comparison is the death of contentment. Statesman Theodore Roosevelt, humorist Mark Twain, author C. S. Lewis, and religious figure Dwight Edwards have all been given credit for sayings in this family.
