[GlynMeek]

As an entrepreneur, I ALWAYS have this saying from Teddy Roosevelt posted on my wall. I read it when times get tough!

"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 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 up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for 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 knew neither victory nor defeat."

I think it is one of the most inspirational quotations in English literature, and those of us who have "been in the arena" understand every part of it. Those of us who never have been fortunate enough to have "their face marred by dust and sweat and blood" may never understand some of it! It is appropriate to ALL endeavors, and particularly perhaps nowadays, for those fighting for us in foreign climes!

Glyn