And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened. Giving up is what makes it permanent. They are kind to one another's dreams. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
All big men are dreamers.
They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.