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The Genesis of Arena
The inspiration for our firm is Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. Roosevelt was a Leader, a Naturalist, a Patriot and a Pioneer. He was also a gifted orator, and delivered some of the most memorable speeches in the history of our nation.
The name of our firm is derived from a segment of perhaps his greatest speech, delivered over 100 years ago. This quote captures our feelings about those citizens who step forward to create their own future and push the limits of what many think possible. It is what inspires us to serve those people who are willing to pursue greatness.
“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 short-coming; 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
From “Citizenship In A Republic”
Delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris
April 23, 1910