It is not the critic who counts,
not the one who points out how the
strong man stumbled or how the
doer of deeds might have done them better.
The credit belongs to the one who is actually
in the arena, whose face is marred with
sweat and blood; who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again;
who knows the great enthusiasms, the great
devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause;
Who, if he wins, knows the triumphs of high
achievement; and who, 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.