Theodore Roosevelt's 'Man In The Arena'

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Theodore Roosevelt used an analogy involving an arena to express how it feels to be judged when you are trying your hardest. The man in the arena is trying his best, yet there are people on the sidelines spectating his life and judging his every move. They do not understand what it is like to be in the arena and haven’t had the courage to try, yet they feel as if they have the right to criticize the man in the arena based on his techniques and successes. Roosevelt warns not to listen to judgmental people and to continue to strive. The man in the arena fails repeatedly, but he has the resiliency to try again. He knows that as long as he endures, he will end up with either victorious or knowing that he at least had the courage to try. Failure,

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