“In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.”

“I cannot believe that our factory system is the best mode by which men may get clothing. The condition of the operatives is becoming every day more like that of the English; and it cannot be wondered at, since, as far as I have heard or observed, the principal object is, not that mankind may be well and honestly clad, but, unquestionably, that corporations may be enriched. In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.”

“In the long run men hit only what they aim at.”

“In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.”

“Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.”

“The greatest risk to man is not that he aims too high and misses, but that he aims too low and hits.”