Words To Live By
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Words To Live By
Rangers, Veterans, and anybody else that would like to jump in on this one...
My own "motto" to date, is simply NO REGRETS. I don't pretend to be a perfect shining example of it, I'm sure there are many better examples among you. The phrase sounds awfully basic, but to me, it encompasses the drive to accomplish something, to do what's right, and never to pass up the chance to make a good move. So that on the day I die, I can be roughly satisfied with the way I spent my life.
Apart from the obvious Ranger Creed, is there a certain line, quote, passage, etc. that inspires and/or motivates you, or that you strive to live by? I realize these things and the stories behind them are sometimes quite personal, but it would be cool if any of you would share what drives you.
My own "motto" to date, is simply NO REGRETS. I don't pretend to be a perfect shining example of it, I'm sure there are many better examples among you. The phrase sounds awfully basic, but to me, it encompasses the drive to accomplish something, to do what's right, and never to pass up the chance to make a good move. So that on the day I die, I can be roughly satisfied with the way I spent my life.
Apart from the obvious Ranger Creed, is there a certain line, quote, passage, etc. that inspires and/or motivates you, or that you strive to live by? I realize these things and the stories behind them are sometimes quite personal, but it would be cool if any of you would share what drives you.
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More than just a motto, but Teddy Roosevelt's "Man In the Arena" speech.
"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."
"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."
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"We spoke to them in the only language they understood - the machine gun."
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