Virtue of the Week: Courage “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 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 up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for 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 he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.” ------Theodore Roosevelt Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. ~Ambrose Redmoon HERNAN CORTES-BURN THE BOATS: In the 16th century, when given a task of invading a dangerous island with his troops, Spanish conquistador and leader, Hernan Cortes was concerned about the commitment of some of his men. After departing the boats and arriving on land, Cortes immediately ordered the ships burned. By burning his own boats, he was sending a clear message to his army - There is no turning back - we will either succeed here or we die here. Excuses for not committing were gone. Burn the Boats! What will we stand for today? youtube/watch?v=x1jG1bity2E
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:08:52 +0000
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