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• Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumph
  even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat....
• 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 who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly...
• 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 he man who is actually in the arena...
• Neither hand nor mind can accomplish much without tools. -- Emerso
• It is not the critic who counts, or how the strong man stumbled, or whether 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 agai...
• To talk to a child, to fascinate him, is much more difficult than to win an electoral victory.
  But it is also much more satisfying. -- Colette...
• Neither a borrower nor a lender be at less than 18 percent per annum compounded daily.
  -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac...
• If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed
  if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly...
• Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. -- Roger Babso