Roosevelt believed that to hesitate or to feel fear was to fail.Candice Millard
In all coldness and darkness there is a kind of tragic beauty.Theodore Roosevelt
The country was stunning in its size, beauty, and complexity—a wondrous, tangled mass of life that appeared to be all of a piece but was, like the river itself, in a perpetual state of becoming.Candice Millard
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt had always been able to physically outdistance his companions, to wear them down by sheer, indefatigable effort, his body always the able servant of his unflagging mind and will.Candice Millard
Keep your eyes on the stars, but your feet on the ground.Theodore Roosevelt
The black, unbroken surface was like a polished stone, riddled with massive trees and beastly creatures.Candice Millard
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those timid spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.Theodore Roosevelt
Just as nature throws up a mountain range or a river to challenge him, so, too, does it scatter about the earth great or small tests of man’s courage, resourcefulness, and physical strength.Candice Millard
The worst of all fears is the fear of living.Theodore Roosevelt