Not ignoble ease. The strenuous life.
Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life, Hamilton Club, Chicago, 10 April 1899
Not ignoble ease. The strenuous life.
Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life, Hamilton Club, Chicago, 10 April 1899
What it means
Roosevelt praised toil, hardship and effort over comfort. The highest success goes to those who do not shrink from hard things. Choose the harder, fuller road.
The source
"Not ignoble ease. The strenuous life." Theodore Roosevelt said it in The Strenuous Life, Hamilton Club, Chicago, 10 April 1899. Written in English: The Strenuous Life, 1900.
"I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life"Original English (The Strenuous Life, 1900), The Strenuous Life, Hamilton Club, Chicago, 10 April 1899. Text read at gutenberg.org.
Who said it
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). Twenty-sixth president of the United States. His speeches The Strenuous Life (1899) and Citizenship in a Republic (1910), the man in the arena, praised effort over comfort.
Questions
- What does "Not ignoble ease. The strenuous life." mean?
- Roosevelt praised toil, hardship and effort over comfort. The highest success goes to those who do not shrink from hard things. Choose the harder, fuller road.
- Who said "Not ignoble ease. The strenuous life."?
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). Source: The Strenuous Life, Hamilton Club, Chicago, 10 April 1899.
- What is the original wording?
- I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life (Original English (The Strenuous Life, 1900)). Written in English: The Strenuous Life, 1900.
- Is "Not ignoble ease. The strenuous life." on a shirt?
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"Not ignoble ease. The strenuous life." (Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life, Hamilton Club, Chicago, 10 April 1899, trans. Original English (The Strenuous Life, 1900)). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/not-ignoble-ease-the-strenuous-life
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