It is not the critic who counts,
nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena;
whose face is marred by dust and sweat; who strives valiantly;
who errs and may fail again,
because there is no effort without error or shortcoming,
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who does know 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 fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be
with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Teddy Roosevelt – April 23,1910
