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"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 and comes short again and again; because
there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually
strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion,
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 he
fails while daring greatly.
So that his place shall never be with
those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
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