Universal Events: One Essential Quote for Founders

Here at Universal Events, we are well aware of the challenges that come along with starting your own business. There are pitfalls of all kinds that you must work hard to avoid, and the specter of failure always looms on the periphery. However, we believe one particularly famous quote from Teddy Roosevelt sums up what it means to be an entrepreneur, and it comes down to having the courage to leave the sidelines and take aggressive action. As the legendarily gritty Roosevelt once said, “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…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 knew neither victory nor defeat.” We at Universal Events believe this perfectly encapsulates the entrepreneurial experience. While spectators place bets and take risks, doers (business founders) bet on themselves to succeed. They incur all the risk in the process, and they go all out to achieve ambitious goals. That’s what pursuing greatness is all about, and it’s the attitude we have embraced here at Universal Events. Our team hopes you find Teddy Roosevelt’s bold words as inspiring as we do, and that you will throw caution to the wind as you chase down your loftiest ambitions.