Heed Not The Critic

Press On – No matter what they say to you

It’s not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when 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 short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and 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 or defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

The above is attributed to a former US President, Theodore Roosevelt, the speech writer doesn't get a credit, they never do, and I find that the speech writers generally got the main essence of such 'phrases' from other sources, the greatest source for most speech writers and indeed, speech makers, is usually Dr Samuel Johnson, the first man to write a lexicon, dictionary, of the English language.

Why am I writing this?
For me really, need to crack on and lacking a bit of enthusiasm, for want of a better description, so having this as a ready reference on the Internet, I can remind myself to give the critics, those who sit on their backsides doing nothing but bemoan the TV and people that do things, those that hide in crowds in bars and restaurants snickering and gossiping about the things they lack the balls to do, those that go to the dinner parties and social gatherings to create an image instead of creating something, anything, of substance beyond an impression... to give them all the finger {:-))