"It
is not the critic who counts, not the one 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 up short again and again; who knows the great
enthusiasms, the great devotion 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" THEODORE
ROOSEVELT SORBONNE,
PARIS APRIL
23, 1910 |