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Dare Greatly! Our blue planet as seen by the crew of Apollo 13 on their harrowing trans-Earth journey home. Find your passion...and get into the arena..."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 them 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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in 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 fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

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Dare Greatly! Our blue planet as seen by the crew of Apollo 13 on their harrowing trans-Earth journey home. Find your passion...and get into the arena..."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 them 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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in 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 fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

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RareH_2_0 677 days ago

just gorgeous!!~ Thank you!

carloos_l 681 days ago

the earth has been eaten

cararushton 684 days ago

fantastic photo :) you have seen what I only dream of seeing

RaymanGe 685 days ago

bluuuue

VALUEINTHEWORLD 687 days ago

Perdón,!!!! y c dice q México esta árido de cuando es esta foto , el Cuerno de la Abundancia c ve Verde Afortunadamente.

Robert_domblood 692 days ago

wow is great, I want us to do a photo to my island, Dominican Republic.

BSkysanchez 693 days ago

The Gods creation is beautiful! The man has achieved so much life itself on earth is more than that!

Stelygs 694 days ago

Soul-stirring...THX, Cdr =)
"Houston, we've had a problem", that was an arena! & one of the 'failures' to be proudest of ... "You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have."

Kickalien 694 days ago

Wow, the picture is greatly impressive for its background of a touching story...very beautiful!

Geshiela 694 days ago

I am so glad twitpic captions are not limited to 140 characters! Thanks @Astro_wheels for the pic and speech!

PC0101 695 days ago

@katie_9999 That speech is known as „Citizenship in a Republic“. Full text: http://bit.ly/iEve6L

PC0101 695 days ago

@katie_9999 The quote is from the former US President Theodore Roosevelt’s famous speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910.