Every now and then you run across a quote that hits you in your soul.

It is a powerful moment when a string of words and sentences come together to create a deep impact on yourself.

For me, The Man In The Arena quote from Theodore Roosevelt is one of the best quotes ever.

In untraditional fashion to my normal newsletters, I just want to share this quote for you.

No extra commentary, ideas, or practical next steps because frankly this quote doesn’t need it.

If you have read it before, let it serve as a reminder.

If you have not read it before - then enjoy.

“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 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 up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the 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 he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

—Theodore Roosevelt
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

Go out and be the man in the arena.

Go out and make a difference.