In The Arena

i was looking through this issue of ATTITUDE, yes, the one that has me inside with this weird pose.
i dunno who the fuck took that picture and im even more puzzled by how the fuck it was obtained!

anyway, on the back cover, there's this inspirational bullshit thingie.
i have no idea why i read it(probably cos it was during andrew ang's tutorial), but i think the words and idealogy being what Theodore Roosewelt wrote is very very true.
in fact, it did inspire me :P
so hooray for inspiration bullshit on back covers!
MORE PLS :)

and i just wanted to share it with the friends that have recently been faced with a lot of shit in their lives.
to never give up without a fight.
because no one can should ever have the power to the reins in your life.

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 valantly ;
who errs ;
comes up short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming ;
but who knws 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 fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those
cold and timid souls
who neither know victory nor defeat.