Viktor E. FranklDon’t aim at success–the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
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The quote, “Don’t aim at success, the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.” was originally said by French writer and poet Alphonse Karr in 1874. The author was talking about how one should not rely on success to get them through difficult times because that only makes the pain worse when failure comes.
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