The Man in the Arena by Theodore Roosevelt

Last night I was talking to a friend and I mentioned this quote. I had written about back in 2020 here when I was focusing on acceptance. After last nights conversation, I said would share it here by itself as I think it is powerful, especially when we are making changes and transforming.

The Man in the Arena by Theodore Roosevelt

“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, “the Man in the Arena”. Delivered at the Sorbonne (Paris) on April 23, 1910.

If you want to hear it read, I found this clip…

Over to You…

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