Having trouble thinking of just the right thing to say? Think about what U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt once said at the Sorbonne in Paris, France on April 23, 1910:
"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."
Words to keep in mind not only when writing your vows, but also in working through the challenges of your lives together.
Here is another message that Steve Jobs gave to the Stanford University graduating class of 2005. He discusses his life and source of inspiration:
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