Friday, September 16, 2011

Be Valiant

One of my favorite things is coming across inspiring quotes.  I love the power of the written word to change, motivate and encourage. 

The following quote was on Brene Browns blog yesterday and I find it resonates deeply with me right now.  Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!

The Man in 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."
~ Theodore Roosevelt

1 comment:

  1. Just what I needed to hear today! Thank you :)

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