The Man in the Arena
"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 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 no effort without error and short-comings; but who actually strives to do the deed, who
knows the great devotion; who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in
the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring
greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither
victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt |
