Theodore Roosevelt quote

[NJmaverick]

“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 and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, 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. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

[jaxx]

1. What a timely quote.

The guts is in the trying. It's easy for some to be the armchair quarterback, woulda shoulda coulda doesn't get anything done.

Thanks!

[yowzayowzayowza]

2. I would temper that with some Sun Tzu sentiment: 'choose your battles wisely.' n/t

[Lindsey]

3. Thanks for this post. This quote has always been one of my

very favorites. :)

[Hekate]

4. I wish everyone would read that, and could understand how apt it is.

Thanks, Mav.

Hekate

[Cha]

5. He could have wrote it

for his distant cousin the future President FDR and yes, Pres Obama.

Critics are a dime a dozen even if they are raking in the dough, professionally.

[JuniperLea]

6. A Pubbie friend of mine loves Teddy Roosevelt...

And touts Teddy as his "favorite Nobel Peace Prize Winner" while saying Obama was arrogant to accept the award at all, and should have refused the award himself. :eyes: I said it's arrogant to assume you know better than the stellar panel of intellectuals who decide the award destination.

I can't wait to toss this jewel at him... awesome!

Oh, he says returning the bust of Churchill was an insult too... and doesn't want to hear anything about the piece having been on LOAN to the Bush admin.

Life is hard sometimes.