Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Dare to be Great ...

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 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;
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 timid souls
who know neither victory or defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

this is one of my favorite all time quotes...had it up in front of my desk for quite a while

{Emily} Hey Sisters! Photography said...

coolness! i just love it ... reminds me to never give up ... even when failing ... and ... that failing can sometimes lead to greatness!!! Hope all is well! God Bless! ~Emily