Ladies and gentlemen, friends, and fellow dreamers,
Today, I'll tell you my most inspiring quote about courage and how it led me here.
On January 1st, 2025, I was motivated to quit my job and fully embrace a path in tech,
because of the courage and strength I drew from this quote.
It is not the kind of courage that roars loudly, but the quiet, steadfast kind that whispers, "Try again" and "Dare greatly".
Courage isn’t the absence of fear—it’s the choice to move forward despite it, knowing there’s more beyond what I see.
I hope this resonates with you as it has with me, and reminds you that we can all find the strength within ourselves
to take that next step.
“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.