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 d
one 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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. —“The Man in the Arena,”
Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: The author's purpose is to praise those who are not afraid take risks and fail, in contrast to those to hypocritically criticize others, but do not follow through with their own actions.
