the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could

have done them better. 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 knows the

great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself

in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows the triumph of high

achievement; and who, at the 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 nor

defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt, 1910