Great Blokes Club
"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;
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."