I was reminded yesterday of one of my favorite quotes, one that has inspired me when I have needed inspiration. It applies to every entrepreneur and business owner that has ever been told no by the bank, laughed at by his colleagues and peers, and felt alone in their vision to make their ideas become a viable, commercial enterprise.

This quote is from Theodore Roosevelt, and it is all over the web. I pulled it from this article.

“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 and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, 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 know neither victory nor defeat.”

To every business owner and entrepreneur, charge on. You deserve all the credit!

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