
“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 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. Not failure, but low aim is sin.”
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“Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.”
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“We have mastered the air, conquered the sea, annihilated distance, and prolonged life, but we are not wise enough to live on this earth without war and without hate. All knowledge leads to an impasse.”
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