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It’s not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strongman stumbles, 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 dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who strives to do deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and at worst, if he fails, at least fails while doing greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory or defeat
The Man in the Arena
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DE Navarro
Awesome words. Great to be reminded of them.
It’s an excerpt from the speech .. Citizenship in a Republic delivered by Theodore Roosevelt in Paris, France, in April 23,1910
I have it framed and it’s hanging on my office wall
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I've heard the words before a few times, never remembered whose they were, though I was probably told. But I think I'll remember from this point forward that it comes from the third face in the rock at Mt Rushmore.
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Nomad
One of my favorite quotes, thank you for helping to keep it in the current global discussion
You bet and thank you for reading it
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