“It is not the critic that counts,
nor the man who points out how
the strong man stumbled,
nor where the doer of deeds could
have been done 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 and comes short again
and again—
who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions,
and spends himself in a worthy
cause;Who at best knows the end of
the triumph of high achievement,
and who at worst, if he fails,
at least fails while doing greatly,
so that his place shall never be
with those cold and timid souls
who know neither victory nor
defeat!”
~Theodore Roosevelt
