A Message Received At the Century Mark

"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 great enthusiasms,  the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause,  who at best, knows the triumphs of high achievement; and who at worst,  if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."


                                                                                                                      Theodore  Roosevelt

                                                                                                                       April, 1911