"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 DOERS. THEY
MAKE MISTAKES BECAUSE THEY TRY MANY THINGS. THE MAN WHO MAKES NO MISTAKES
LACKS BOLDNESS AND THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE. HE IS THE ONE WHO NEVER TRIES
ANYTHING. HE IS THE BREAK ON THE WHEEL OF PROGRESS. AND YET IT CANNOT BE
TRULY SAID HE MAKES NO MISTAKES IN THE VERY FACT THAT HE TRIES NOTHING, DOES
NOTHING, EXCEPT CRITICIZE THOSE WHO DO THINGS."
David M. Shoup
General, U.S. Marine
Corps
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