CRAZY DIAMONDS

It is not the critic that counts; nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

No.

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 maybe comes up short again and again. For there is no effort without error and shortcoming. The credit is for him who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; He who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows in the end, the triumph of high achievement and at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

His place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."