Quotes

At times, even though I have lots to say, I don't have the time to say it here. However, what I thought I could do is include a quotation that gives some insight into what I'm thinking about. For example, currently I'm giving thought to what I should do after I graduate next year. My options are (luckily) plentiful and fulfilling. As I think through these potential paths, a quote comes to mind from Teddy 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."

It's always been one of my favorites....of course, T.R. had the benefit of being someone who ended up knowing the "triumph of high achievement"-- he might have spoken differently if he had failed.