This may be the most inspiring piece of literature that I have read (other than the Holy Word of God) this year! Ironically, this was hanging above the urinal at a great sandwich shop in Conway, Arkansas. President Roosevelt penned this and it has fueled me in a HUGE way…read it and you will know what I mean. Read thoroughly and slowly…let me know what speaks to you.
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of the deed could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust, sweat, and blood; who stives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again…because there is not effort without error and shortcoming.
It is the man who does actually strive to do the deeds; who know the great enthusiasm; the great devotions; who spends himself in a worth 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 know neither victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt
Dare, Dream and Do something today Huge for God!
Let me know what God is saying to you right now…
Shannon says,
Inspiring words. Coupled with my Bible reading today from Ephesians 4 gives me strength to start doing and stop waiting.
on 18 January 2010 / 10:20 AM
Sherie Hammonds says,
The part that spoke to me most was the last sentence….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 know neither victory nor defeat…..I want to be counted as this daring person!
on 18 January 2010 / 10:24 AM
Doug Hutchcraft says,
This is great stuff. I actually think I sent some of this in an email to you a few months back! But that’s not as impacting as reading it above a urinal…
on 18 January 2010 / 10:31 AM
Shannon O'Dell says,
True…True
on 19 January 2010 / 3:14 PM
Lisa Gobin says,
The righteous mans vision seldom comes without blood,sweat,& anguish. The fight is almost intolerable. But, with sound mind and his eyes on the prize – never stopping to pay attention to insult.Consulting only with the one who sent him will know the victory, if not here on earth – in heaven where our true victory lies.
“Very enlightening,encouraging for me. As for every ‘one’ person that receives the gift that God has to offer them. I find ‘four’ others who greet his messenger with insult,hate & anger. For I am the messenger of my father who has sent me.”
Needed to read this today. Thank you!
on 18 January 2010 / 10:54 AM
Bill (cycleguy) says,
This quote is sort of the foundation of Wild at Heart. I was and am inspired by this post to not “settle for settle for” but to risk and try. It reminds me to take God out of the box. Thanks for the encouragement today Shannon.
on 18 January 2010 / 2:10 PM
david says,
How encouraging! If we fail, fail forward.
on 19 January 2010 / 5:18 PM