Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Since it's my week to share a quote of inspiration...

I choose to share one of my favorites:

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."

Teddy Roosevelt, Paris Sorbonne,1910

This quote always, always speaks to me. Now I use it to tame my inner critic as well.

1 Comments:

Blogger eliza said...

bully!

this is a very helpful idea, well expressed. thank you. (that teddy, though, he was sort of nuts...)

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