Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizen in a Republic", April 23,1910

"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 comes up short again and again, 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."