Weekly Inspiration: The Man In The Arena By Teddy Roosevelt "Citizenship in a Republic," Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, France April 23, 1910 ...there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the 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 know neither victory nor defeat.