After reading Jill London’s post about some of her favourite quotes, I decided to share one that I love by Theodore Roosevelt.
“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…
April 25th, 2013 at 10:28 am
Man, I needed that today. Love this: “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.” It’s easy to criticize. But producing the work isn’t easy.
April 25th, 2013 at 10:30 am
Seriously! I know I’ve become a lot less critical of most books since I started writing a full-length novel.
Most… sometimes I still can’t help it. 🙂