Daily inspiration Sunday May 11

Jiminy102

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Dare Mighty Things by : Theodore Roosevelt


In the battle of life, it is not the critic who counts; nor the one who points out how the strong person stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better.

The credit belongs to the person 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, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who does actually strive to do deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends oneself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he or she fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those timid spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

From: Cyber Quotations
 
" Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure..."

This is so me right now. It is exactly how I feel right now about my weight loss. I need to dare to do things and win - even IF IT IS checkered with failures! I have a new and exciting way of looking at this path I am on right now. I will not let it defeat me....

You did it again Jiminy! Thanks for the uplift!
 
Thanks, Jiminy!! I love reading these each day now!! Very inspiring! :)
 

Those are great words! You just never know what can happen until you try! I had a pretty good day today. Like I said in an earlier post, I work in a restaurant on the weekends. Well, I usually just work on Saturdays, but was called in to work today because someone quit. The boss was just so confident and said to me, "Dana, you're going to start coming in every Sunday, aren't you?" He said it in a way that you could tell that he just assumed that I would say yes, since I am such a push over. I wish you could have seen his face when I told him no LOL. I thought he was going to pass out. I let him stew for a little while, then went and told him that I COULD work on Sundays if he gave me more money than he gave the last person. LOL, he agreed.

Now, I could have just quietly agreed to do the job and not made any extra money, but by 'tempting fate' I was able to get a small raise!
 
Holly, this is wonderful and so true. It is such a help for me when you post these inspirational messages, truly.


there is no effort without error and shortcoming

So very, very true. I love having you in my support group you just keep me inspired and motivated.

Katholyn
 
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