Comments on: You Need To Respect Son http://rossmiddleton.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/you-need-to-respect-son/ Where leadership and life collide Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:31:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: portorikan http://rossmiddleton.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/you-need-to-respect-son/#comment-1738 portorikan Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:16:40 +0000 http://rossmiddleton.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-1738 Great post Ross. I whole-heartedly agree. RESPECT. Great post Ross. I whole-heartedly agree. RESPECT.

]]> By: Philip Cunningham III http://rossmiddleton.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/you-need-to-respect-son/#comment-1733 Philip Cunningham III Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:36:25 +0000 http://rossmiddleton.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-1733 "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, 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 the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat." -Theodore Roosevelt "Citizenship in a Republic" — a speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1910 “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, 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 the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.”

-Theodore Roosevelt

“Citizenship in a Republic” — a speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1910

]]> By: Jessica http://rossmiddleton.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/you-need-to-respect-son/#comment-1732 Jessica Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:10:25 +0000 http://rossmiddleton.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-1732 I'm posting this on Facebook! I’m posting this on Facebook!

]]> By: Gretchen Fagan http://rossmiddleton.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/you-need-to-respect-son/#comment-1731 Gretchen Fagan Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:17:56 +0000 http://rossmiddleton.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-1731 It amazes me how so many armchair quarterbacks or in this case armchair presidents jump on the hate bandwagon towards our current President. There truly is nothing sacred anymore. Although there is nothing wrong with disagreement, you are right when you say we have taken things too far. I believe a generation that loses respect for leadership in the way we have is one that will lose respect in history for we will likely repeat the mistakes we were so quick to criticize. That may be a generalized statement but it is often true. We must be careful to not be led by our emotions or popular opinion, allot of the criticism is mislead and uninformed thanks to the media hoopla and a people unwilling to learn facts. It amazes me how so many armchair quarterbacks or in this case armchair presidents jump on the hate bandwagon towards our current President. There truly is nothing sacred anymore. Although there is nothing wrong with disagreement, you are right when you say we have taken things too far.
I believe a generation that loses respect for leadership in the way we have is one that will lose respect in history for we will likely repeat the mistakes we were so quick to criticize. That may be a generalized statement but it is often true. We must be careful to not be led by our emotions or popular opinion, allot of the criticism is mislead and uninformed thanks to the media hoopla and a people unwilling to learn facts.

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