Dare Greatly in the Arena

There’s no moment that changed my life more than stumbling onto this one quote from

Theodore Roosevelt. It goes like this: “It’s not the critic who counts. Not the man who

points out how the strong man stumbles… or where the doer of deeds could’ve done them better.

The credit belongs to the one who’s actually in the arena… whose face is marred

with dust, and sweat, and blood. Who strives valiantly. Who fails… and rises…

and fails again. Who, in the end, may taste the triumph of high achievement…

and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” When I heard that,

it hit me. Hard. Because that’s when I realized something simple: