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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.

Citizenship in a Republic is a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt, former President of the United States, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910. One notable passage from the speech is referred to as “The Man in the Arena”. That passage got attention when Brené Brown gave it a new life.

You can only do your best. That’s all you can do. And if it doesn’t work, you do your best again.

Helen Mirren, actress

“Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.”

Marie Curie (Nobel Prize in Physics 1903, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911)

“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.”

Marie Curie (Nobel Prize in Physics 1903, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911)

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Who said it first? Read “Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time“