Not failure, but low aim is sin.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not.
The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable. The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle is to change places with the High. The aim of the Low, when they have an aim-for it is an abiding characteristic of the...
Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
The greatest risk to man is not that he aims too high and misses, but that he aims too low and hits.
I would rather aim high and miss the mark than low and make it.
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
Mainly as sort of blueprints for dealing with most of the adults in their lives, to some extent with their fellows. It is this notion of aiming high and there's always hope, aim low and you might as well stop now.
Most of the time people are aiming so low on television. They're trying to reach that common denominator, especially on network television.
Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.
Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low.
I've always believed the greater danger is not aiming too high, but too low, settling for a bogey rather than shooting for an eagle.
Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives of too many of its professional followers. Let it stand alone, an athletic practice, on the same footing as boating or football.
If our goal is to be tolerant of people who are different than we are, Chase, then we really are aiming quite low. Traffic jams are to be tolerated. People are to be celebrated.
Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block.
Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart.
It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having 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 b...
