Saturday, February 17, 2007

This couldn't be more appropriate.

Got this Teddy Roosevelt quote from Alywn Cosgroves site.It's perfect considering what has happened of late.

Criticism

“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 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 and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for 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 he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt(Paris, April 23rd 1910)

4 comments:

Geoff Neupert said...

LOVE that quote!

It goes for the "inner critic" too...Far often the worst one we face.

Mark Reifkind said...

agreed! the inner critic can be more vicious than any that come from others.

Anonymous said...

hey Rif! a very though-provoking quote...I like it!

Thanks for the encouragement and pat-on-the-back message you left over on my page. I’ll continue to do my best to lead the way, never forgetting that it’s all great learning experience.

Mark Reifkind said...

you're welcome sara, I have great confidence in you, you will do fine.

190 x 1 x 12,210 static hold, 225 static hold, bodyweight squats 3 x 15

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