Carpe Diem!

Carpe Diem

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 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 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 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.

Attributed to Theodore Roosevelt

Posted October 23, 1997 - Reposted March 30, 2001
Comments to Phil Abbey at pr_abbey@hotmail.com