Theodore Roosevelt Quotes About Critics
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The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic -- the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done.
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It is not the critic who counts
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Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.
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It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
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It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.
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So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
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It's not the critic that counts.
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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
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It's not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of the deeds could have done better.
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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; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
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It's not the critic who counts.
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Theodore Roosevelt
- Born: October 27, 1858
- Died: January 6, 1919
- Occupation: 26th U.S. President