Thread by @PaulDJohnston

"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 them 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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in 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 fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt

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I have never heard this quote before but watching a @BreneBrown talk and she quoted it and I had to look it up.

This is what everybody needs to hear.

#inspired

"If you are not in the arena, getting your ass kicked on occasion because you are being brave, I am not interested in, or open to your feedback about my work period" @BreneBrown

"There are millions of cheap seats in the arena ... filled with people who will hurl criticism and judgment... let it fall to the ground... step over it and keep going. Don't take criticism from people who are not being brave with their lives" @BreneBrown