Teddy Roosevelt said "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." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

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.

Said by

Teddy Roosevelt

Republican · New York

Source

gutenberg.org

Editor's note · Context

From his seminal speech, this passage champions courageous endeavor and risk-taking over a life of timid inaction.

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