March To Glory

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.