The Man In the Arena

Thought I would share this quote I recently read, I find it very true, and very inspirational:

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

PEACE

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2 comments to The Man In the Arena

  1. peacebeme says:

    Loved reading this quote today! :) I am scared of so many things but I have recently decided that I would rather try and fail than live in bitterness doing nothing the rest of my life.

    • Tara Savage says:

      And you WILL succeed in one way or another. I keep reminding myself maybe this isn’t how or what I pictured but success is success, and the lessons you learn from trying and experiences last a lifetime and then some :)

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