What do you think the meaning of this quote is?

''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 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 up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for 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 he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.''

-President Theodore Roosevelt

What do you think the meaning of this quote is?symatec

I think it's saying that the person that opinion really counts is the one that is actually part of the fight and not the bystander that is merely commentating on what he sees and believes. It also says that even if the person fails he is still great because he was a part of something and at least he gave it a shot.

What do you think the meaning of this quote is?vista

A victory is not a victory until you have toiled and sacrificed for it. Only then do you truly understand what it means to succeed. If it's handed to you there is no appreciation for it.

How does that sound?
it's in the very first sentence.

''it's not the critic who counts.''

the one who counts is the one actually performing the deed [whatever it may be] in this case it sounds like boxing or bull wrestling or riding or something like that.

whether failing or succeeding it's all about daring oneself to push even farther and harder than the timid would.