Critics
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“The
galleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. They
make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the
doers. They make many mistakes because they try many things. The person who
makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He is the one
who never tries anything. He is the brake on the wheel of progress. And yet
it cannot be truly said the he makes no mistakes, because his biggest mistake
is the very fact that he tries nothing, does nothing, except criticize those
who do things.” General David M. Shoup,
USMC =================================================== "It
is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man
stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit
belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and
blood, who strives valiantly...who knows the great enthusiasms, the great
devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the
end 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 have never known neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt =================================================== |
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