James Russell Lowell — 💡 Failure Quote

Failing while reaching for something big is never shameful — the real tragedy is never daring to reach at all. Aim high, even if you miss.

“Not failure, but low aim, is crime.”

Failing while reaching for something big is never shameful — the real tragedy is never daring to reach at all. Aim high, even if you miss.

“Creativity is not the finding of a thing but the making something out of it after it is found.”

— James Russell Lowell

“Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.”

— James Russell Lowell

“Every person born into this world their work is born with them.”

— James Russell Lowell

“Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.”

— James Russell Lowell