Dare Mighty Things
Charles Anderson
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Dare Mighty Things.?It’s part of a speech by Theodore Roosevelt at Sorbonne, Paris, on April 23, 1910.
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”
In the speech, President Roosevelt points out that it is not the opinion of the critic that counts, the one that points out someone else’s failures or ways that something could have been done better. But instead, it is the one “in the arena” who tries and tries again and gets past defeats, whose efforts are worthy.
What might we accomplish if we kept showing up “in the arena” and went beyond our routines? So much so that we live up to the ‘dare mighty things’ daily.
There are millions of cheap seats in the arena filled with people who will never be brave and dare mighty things in their own lives but will spend every ounce of energy they have hurling advice and judgment at those of us trying to dare mighty things.
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This piece of Roosevelt’s speech at Sorbonne gives you a precursor of what you’re in for if you decide to step into the arena. It is so true. So, if you’re afraid to make a mistake, get out of the way and let those who aren’t, go to work!
“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 in a worthy cause; who, at 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.”
Dare mighty things, and have a great Wednesday!
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