Theodore Roosevelt said...

I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as ex...

I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.