For some reason I was thinking of this quote. It's one of my favorites, and every time I read it, it inspires me to drag my sorry butt off the ground and do what needs to be done.
"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
April 23, 1910
That's a favorite of mine, as well.
ReplyDeleteAnd I've been watching The National Parks series that was on PBS and couldn't believe how much of our parks we owe to him and his ability to take a stand.