Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
 
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other, from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.