The walls of my office are lined with books. Some are books on architecture and art. But most of the shelves are filled with books on business, marketing and copywriting.
But I’ve still got a small section devoted to self-improvement and inspirational books. Words to lift me up and guide me when I need that sort of thing.
In life and work, you need a little guidance from time to time. (I know I do.)
Today I’d like to share the words I have posted next to my desk that come from a Teddy Roosevelt speech he gave in 1910 at the Sorbonne, in Paris.
I read this quote at the beginning of every day to stay on course.
I hope they inspire you to do great things this week…
“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.”
Make it a great marketing day!
Neil Sutton