“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 not 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 he fails while daring greatly…”
Quote by Theodore Roosevelt’s speech “Citizenship in a Republic” delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris, France on April 23, 1910.
REFLECTION:
- Are you in the arena of life?
- Are you allowing the “critics” in the stands to point out your shortcomings?
- Is there a worthy cause you are willing to get into the arena for … to dare greatly?
- What is it? Take a first step into the arena today.