"It
is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how
the strong man stumbled, 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 the dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who
knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends
himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end
the triumph of high achievement, and who, at 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
or defeat."