Meaning of “A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve…”

Little Women, Chapter 44, “My Lord and Lady,” Project Gutenberg #514. Amy March Laurence says “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship” while discussing her new married life with Laurie. This exact-contraction record and the older expanded “I am not afraid...” catalog variant represent the same underlying fictional passage.

The Majesty of Calmness, “Failure as a Success.” The passage is motivational interpretation, not a promise that every loss will produce a better outcome.

Citizenship in a Republic, commonly called the Man in the Arena speech; Roosevelt contrasts action with spectatorship.

Ulysses, near the close of the poem.

If—, first stanza; the line frames patience as sustained conduct under delay.

If—, third stanza; the surrounding passage describes losing one’s winnings and beginning again.