It is not the critic who counts,
nor the one who points out how the
strong person stumbled, or where the
doer of deeds could have done them
better. The credit belongs to those
who are actually in the arena; whose
faces are marred by dust and sweat and
blood; who strive valiantly; who err and
come up short again and again; who know the
great enthusiasm,
the great devotion, and spend themselves
in a worthy cause, who at the best know in
the end the triumph of high achievement;
and who are at the worst, if failing,
at least fail while daring greatly;
so that their place shall never be
with those cold and timid souls who
know neither victory nor defeat.
