"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
American statesman and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He was a central figure of the Progressive Era and later received the Nobel Peace Prize.