Quote
While cleaning out my desk at work, I found a piece of paper on which a quote was printed. A couple of years ago Tom gave it to me and it helped me out quite a bit while competing.
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, 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 the dust, sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
(Paris, Sorbonne, 1910)
While typing this I realized that not only is it a great quote, it's possibly the greatest run-on sentence in history. Have a nice weekend everybody.
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, 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 the dust, sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
(Paris, Sorbonne, 1910)
While typing this I realized that not only is it a great quote, it's possibly the greatest run-on sentence in history. Have a nice weekend everybody.