Daring greatly

A phrase from Theodore Roosevelt's speech, Citizenship in a Republic...this is the passage that made the speech famous: 

"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 . . .”

I salute ALL of you in the trenches of life daring GREAT things! 

But for those paralyzed by fear of failure, my friend  Brene' Brown throws out this question relative to this quote....

 “What’s worth doing even if you fail?”

this is such a good question to ponder ....

and maybe even act upon! 

Maybe it's time for you to attempt that thing you have longed to do but feared failing at.

I say go ahead and give it your best shot...

if you fail at least you fail while daring greatly.

Brene' blog : http://www.brenebrown.com/