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The Man in the Arena – Teddy Roosevelt (A Powerful Speech from History)
RedFrost Motivation
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May 12, 2026
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the poorest
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way to face life is to face it with a
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sneer
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there are many men who feel a kind of
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twisted pride and cynicism
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there are many who confine themselves to
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criticism of the way
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others do what they themselves dare not
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even
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attempt
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there is no more unhealthy being
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no man less worthy of respect than he
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who
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either really holds or feigns to hold
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an attitude of sneering disbelief toward
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all that is great and lofty
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whether an achievement or in that noble
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effort which
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even if it fails comes to second
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achievement
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it is not the critic who counts not the
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man who points out how the strong man
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stumbles
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or where the doer of deeds could have
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done them
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better the credit belongs to the man
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who was actually in the arena
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whose face is marred by dust and sweat
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and blood
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who strives valiantly who
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airs who come short again and again
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because there is no effort without error
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and shortcoming
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but who does actually strive to do the
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deeds
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who knows great enthusiasms
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the great devotions who spends himself
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in a worthy cause
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who at the best knows in the end
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the triumph of high achievement
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and who at the worst if he fails
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at least fails while daring greatly
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so that his place shall never be with
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those cold and timid souls
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who neither know victory nor
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defeat
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you
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