Man in the arena7 Jan 2021 15:45
When I was watching the ARB shareholder videos from Peter Wall last year I noticed he had a quote on his wall, hand written in chalk.
I was curious what it was and for some reason I read the first line and googled it. I found out it was a quote of a speech by Theodore Roosevelt.
It resonated with me and so I printed a copy framed it and put it on a wall. That was before it went crazy here.
While I believed this could happen and is why I/we invested I hadn't expected it happen quite like the way this has. Truly is unusual.
Anyway, sorry for the waffle and I'm sure this post will be lost in a matter of seconds on this board but I just wanted to share that, and the quote:
'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 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.'