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 and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause who at best, knows 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 know neither victory nor defeat.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.

We want men who will fix their eyes on the stars, but who will not forget that their feet must walk on the ground.

In the same way I have always regarded boxing as a first-class sport to encourage in the Young Men's Christian Association.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Greatness comes only to those who seek not how to avoid obstacles, but how to overcome them.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength.... It is therefore able to undertake all things, and it completes many things, and warrants them to take effect, where he who does not love would faint and lie down.

Fight like a man. Habit is overcome by habit.

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of its trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse for impossibility, for it thinks all things are lawful and all things are possible.

Who struggles more than those who strive to overcome themselves?

This ought to be our endeavor: to conquer ourselves and daily to grow stronger against ourselves, and to grow in holiness.