I wanted to share a quote that I came across the other day. It is by Theodore Roosevelt, one of our great Presidents. "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 knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." Taylor Austin Keller you need to put this on the inside of the door to your locker or on the visor of your car and read it ever now and then. It is deep and has lots of meaning for me and maybe you??? Read every word, slowly. I have found some of my most rewarding moments have been when I left every once of "Blood, Sweat and Tears" I had, in the arena of life, got criticized for not doing it better from a critic, (see above) but knew in my heart that I had nothing left to give to that job. I spent everything I had to give. I could then walk away from the critic with a huge smile on my face knowing they could not do the job any better for they had never even tried. "Train as you want to live your life and your life will be lived as you have trained for it." Love Ya.....Grandpa.....
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:55:59 +0000
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