But Charles himself lacked mobility because he had been injured a few days before, and his secondary commanders either lacked daring or failed to understand his plan.
And who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
To the Editor: Theodore Roosevelt once wrote of "the man... in the arena," who, "if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat".
Whose face is marred with dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly... who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly..."...
"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... and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat".
And if you fail, make sure you fail while "daring greatly".
… 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, who … 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".
Germany tried a daring substitution, which failed to break any paradigms, but it was Greece that had the Eureka moment.
If anything had gone wrong, if the daring mission had failed, he could pretty much kiss his re-election chances goodbye.
He said this when he failed while "daring greatly".
