Henry David Thoreau Aim Quotations

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

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

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

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

People seldom hit what they do not aim at.

It is not that we love to be alone, but that we love to soar, and when we do soar, the company grows thinner and thinner until there is none at all. …We are not the less to aim at the summits though the multitude does not ascend them.