Quotes on Aim High

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. You aim high and you work very hard and now I think it's clear that you can be anything you want to.

If you aim higher than you expect, you could reach higher than you dreamed.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

Everything which relates to God is infinite. We must therefore, while we keep our hearts humble, keep our aims high. Our highest services are indeed but finite, imperfect. But as God is unlimited in goodness, He should have our unlimited love.

Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.

Dear young people, the Church expects great things of you and your generosity. Don’t be afraid to aim high.

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.

Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved.

Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.

when you stumble, keep faith. And when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on.