To Heck With Critics

It is not the critic who counts. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by…blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes short…who spends himself in a worthy cause…daring greatly.

Theodore Roosevelt, 4/23/1910 in Paris, “Citizenship in a Republic.” Cited by Eric Lindner, Tiger in the Sea, pg.319.

Courage!

 

Don’t Turn Your Back on Danger

One ought never to turn one’s back on threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

Winston Churchill, cited in The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill, edited by Max Morris, pg.98

Never Give In

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Winston Churchill, cited in The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill, edited by Max Morris, Pg.38

Courage

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Winston Churchill, cited in The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill, edited by Max Morris, pg.18