Winston Meskill

“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 knows victory nor defeat.”
― Winston Meskill, Think Like a Stoic: A 4-Step Blueprint with 10 Powerful Exercises to Make Right Decisions, Identify What You Can't Control, and Master Emotions with Stoicism ... Critical Thinking

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will”
― Winston Meskill, Think Like a Stoic: A 4-Step Blueprint with 10 Powerful Exercises to Make Right Decisions, Identify What You Can't Control, and Master Emotions with Stoicism ... Critical Thinking