A Quote by John Wooden

Failure is not the crime. Low aim is. — © John Wooden
Failure is not the crime. Low aim is.

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Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Low aim, not failure, is the crime.
Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
Sometimes people have to remind you to aim high. Most of us are afraid of aiming high for fear of failure and our biggest failure is that we aim too low.
Not failure, but low aim is sin.
The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.
The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable. The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle is to change places with the High. The aim of the Low, when they have an aim-for it is an abiding characteristic of the Low that they are too much crushed by drudgery to be more than intermittently conscious of anything outside their daily lives -is to abolish all distinctions and create a society in which all men shall be equal.
Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.
Fail your way forward. Recognize that Ready, fire, aim is superior to ready, aim, aim, aim. Straightforward trial and error produces better results than endless vacillating. If you're afraid to make decisions and act on them in the face of ambiguity and uncertainty, get a job. Failure's lessons are essential to success.
It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.
Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not.
Small aim is a crime; have great aim.
I will commit not the terrible crime of aiming too low. I will do the work that a failure will not do. I will always let my reach exceed my grasp.
If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low. Humility, gentleness, gratitude, & service is aiming high.
Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work, lack of savings, failure to exercise - are in some degree a failure of self-control.
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