Teddy Roosevelt is one of my heroes.

I’m amazed at men of high levels of leadership, suffice it to say, that includes President of the United States.

Previous generations sure seemed to get much done.  Authors, political leaders, church leaders, business owners, many centuries-before heroes of mine, weren’t one of those on a list, they encompassed many of those roles.

Teddy Roosevelt was a man like that.

He lived with passion and purpose, which has been a Gathering theme lately among conversations I’ve had with men individually and in Locker Rooms.

The following quote from the 26th president sums this up well!

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.

Let that speak to you today, encourage you, inspire you and push you to a higher level through personal application!