The following are words from Benjamin E. Mays, a civil rights mentor to Martin Luther King. Mays was a minister, scholar, educator and social activist.
…the tragedy in life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
