Thoughts from here and There…In the words of Theodore Roosevelt:
Some time ago, I found this thought by Teddy Roosevelt. I do not remember the source, but I remember the important point that he is making that is useful especially in an election year.
“It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points where the strong man stumbled, nor where the doer has done them better.
“On the contrary, the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena–whose vision is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes up again and again; who knows the great devotions, the great enthusiasms; who at best knows in the end the triumph of his achievement.
“However, if he fails, if he falls, 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.”
We live with a courage born of Jesus, and a faith that sees us through all the conditions and circumstances of life.
Dare Greatly!
Does anything more need to be said. With daring, strength, and courage we can accomplish so much more that we first might have thought or imagined.