Fuck the critics

Trying is all that matters

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.

Theodore Roosevelt

In case you want to read more this is an excerpt from his speech “Citizenship In A Republic.”

Failure is an option, assuming you’re not an astronaut. But not trying? Now that’s not a fucking option. This life is indescribably short. What do you have to lose when everyday you’re losing life?