Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
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.
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
A Positive Mental Attitude is the right mental attitude. What is the right mental attitude? It is most often comprised of the "plus" characteristics symbolized by such words as faith, integrity, hope, optimism, courage, initiative, generosity, tolerance, tact, kindliness, and good common sense. A person with positive mental attitude aims for high goals and constantly strives to achieve them.
Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspirations and valuations.
If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.
It is not unusual to hear a religious leader, a philosopher, or a poet refer to man as having a divine spark within him. Such characterizations infer that man possesses great abilities and potentials. We are frequently admonished to develop our capabilities, reach out, and set high goals for ourselves.
Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high.
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