Teddy Roosevelt's "The Man In The Arena"

[babylonsister]

Terrific quote I just read on FB that I thought I'd share. Oddly, it's a favorite quote of a rethug. Go figure. I wonder which rethug he had in mind to attribute this to? :shrug:


Teddy Roosevelt's "The Man In The Arena":

"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 them 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 valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

[11 Bravo]

1. Limbaugh should have this forcibly tattooed on his bulbous ass.

There's plenty of room, the inker could even use a large typeface.

[stevedeshazer]

2. Great quote.

+1

[Hart2008]

3. Teddy Roosevelt was the Progressive Party candidate for president in 1912.

If you were to actually read his biography, you would understand that he was a great reformer.

He was larger than life.

He got shot while campaigning, but still gave his speech.

The teddy bear was in fact named after TR.

I am still wondering when I have seen President Obama's face marred by dust, sweat or blood...

Was that when he was playing golf with the Repuke leadership, or afterwards when they were drinking beers together?

I suspect that TR would probably classify our current president as a one of those cold and timid souls who knows not victory nor defeat, because he doesn't really fight for things.

[CakeGrrl]

4. K/R

[tartan2]

5. If ever

there was a man who was made to be POTUS it was Theodore Roosevelt. He thrived in the White House! Only Lincoln or Teddy could have turned me into a republican! We owe Teddy a huge debt for designating the Grand Canyon as a National Monument (Congress would not designate it as a National Park)! Just imagine if he had not done so!