Theodore Roosevelt...

[TwoTone]

“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.” Theodore Roosevelt

[Nanuq]

Well said. Here's something I read once at an Eagle Scout court of honor.

It Couldn't be Done  by Edgar Guest

Somebody said that it couldn't be done,

But he with a chuckle replied

That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one

Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.

So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin

On his face. If he worried he hid it.

He started to sing as he tackled the thing

That couldn't be done, and he did it.

Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;

At least no one ever has done it";

But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,

And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.

With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,

Without any doubting or quiddit,

He started to sing as he tackled the thing

That couldn't be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,

There are thousands to prophesy failure;

There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,

The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,

Just take off your coat and go to it;

Just start to sing as you tackle the thing

That "cannot be done," and you'll do it.

[TwoTone]

I like it Bob...

[panerai153]

Great Poem :thumbsupsmileyanim:

I grew up under the tutelage of my grandfather whose favorite expression when someone said "It can't be done" was "Son, can't died on this place a long time ago, now go do it"

[KB]

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

Mohandas Gandhi

Ken

[dluddy]

Git er done

Larry the Cable Guy

[Eton]

Git er done

Larry the Cable Guy

“I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.”

Abraham Lincoln