We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
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 disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
Everyone needs something to aim for. You can call it a challenge, or you can call it a goal. It is what makes us human. It was challenges that took us from being cavemen to reaching for the stars.
Don't fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.
I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
Try and fail,but don't fail to try.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?
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