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  • Shawn Alladio
    Hellwoman
    Moderator
    • Jul 2003
    • 2085

    Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

    Man in the Arena (Or Woman)

    "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong
    man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. 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 up short
    again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming,
    but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself
    for 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 he fails while
    daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid
    souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

    President Theodore Roosevelt
    "Citizenship in a Republic,"
    Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
    "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"


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  • surfer8210
    PWCToday Regular
    • Aug 2006
    • 144

    #2
    Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

    That's been one of my favorite quotes my entire life. I once gave a toast at my sisters wedding, and I quoted parts of it.
    I gave credit to the author but somehow I got a lot of compliments for choosing it.....

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    • 'Crockett
      PWCToday.com Is My Home Away From Home
      • May 2004
      • 4412

      #3
      Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

      Thanks for posting that Shawn . . . . It's a new, "old favorite" of mine !


      Last edited by 'Crockett; 05-31-2007, 12:38 PM.

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      • SeaDoocer
        Resident Guru
        • Nov 2005
        • 872

        #4
        Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

        A very nice reminder!

        Wayne
        Wayne Shannon
        President: Phoenix Watercraft Club
        www.phoenixwatercraftclub.com
        [email protected]

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        • Neptugian
          PWCToday Guru
          • Jun 2005
          • 496

          #5
          Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

          Great Quote!

          Today's generation of kids (16-30) need to read that and think about it. We are growing a generation of whiners.(squeeky wheels!) " Hey, if I never try anything difficult, I can never fail!" A sad change from our fathers and G fathers generation!
          BB

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          • afcblink
            I dream skis
            • Jul 2006
            • 560

            #6
            Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

            Originally posted by Shawn Alladio
            and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly
            I take issue with this part of this quote. At the worst? At the worst, he gets himself killed. And then isn't around to be comforted by fuzzy words about the glory of "daring greatly."

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            • Runxc919
              PWCToday Guru
              • Jul 2007
              • 419

              #7
              Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

              i love this quote! applys to everything..

              another good one

              " to give anything less than your best is too sacrifice the gift"- Steve Prefontaine.

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              • Shawn Alladio
                Hellwoman
                Moderator
                • Jul 2003
                • 2085

                #8
                Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

                "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."

                -- Yogi Berra
                "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"


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                • teamski
                  Resident Guru
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 1027

                  #9
                  Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

                  "Ask me how I know!"
                  50 50 chance ! try. "Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes!"

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                  • LisaLisa
                    PWCToday.com Is My Home Away From Home
                    • Nov 2001
                    • 10009

                    #10
                    Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

                    “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

                    George Bernard Shaw

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                    • Shawn Alladio
                      Hellwoman
                      Moderator
                      • Jul 2003
                      • 2085

                      #11
                      Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

                      Originally posted by teamski
                      "Ask me how I know!"

                      HAHAHAHAHAH!

                      That's so groovy!

                      For every negative post we make, we should dig in and find 2 positive ones...

                      There would be too many posts then, forget it. LOL
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                      • capnrich1
                        PWCToday Newbie
                        • Jan 2010
                        • 2

                        #12
                        Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

                        People without a sense of humor, prolly don't got no sense.

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                        • Matt_E
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                          • May 2004
                          • 11423

                          #13
                          Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

                          "People are the worst"

                          Jerry Seinfeld.
                          If I sound like a moron, it's only because I haven't typed enough words yet.

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                          • cameron da river rat
                            PWCToday.com Is My Home Away From Home
                            • Jul 2003
                            • 2885

                            #14
                            Re: Heavy Water-It's about integrity, are you in the Arena?

                            "Man is smart.........People are stupid" from my grandfather.
                            aka "Cameron Da River Rat"
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