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title: "9 Aim Crime Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Not failure, but low aim, is crime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-russell-lowell/not-failure-but-low-aim-is-crime/)

[James Russell Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-russell-lowell/)

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> [Not failure, but low aim is a crime!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/not-failure-but-low-aim-is-a-crime/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Small aim is a crime; have great aim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-p-j-abdul-kalam/small-aim-is-a-crime-have-great-aim/)

[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-p-j-abdul-kalam/)

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> [Small aim is a crime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-p-j-abdul-kalam/small-aim-is-a-crime/)

[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-p-j-abdul-kalam/)

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> [Confucius say Aim high, not failure, but low aim is crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/confucius-say-aim-high-not-failure-but-low-aim-is-crime/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [As a young citizen of India, armed with technology and love for my nation, I realize, a small aim is a crime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdul-kalam/as-a-young-citizen-of-india-armed-with-technology-and-love-for-my/)

[Abdul Kalam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdul-kalam/)

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> [Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-russell-lowell/greatly-begin-though-thou-have-time-but-for-a-line-be-that-sublime/)

[James Russell Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-russell-lowell/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/don-t-fear-failure-not-failure-but-low-aim-is-the-crime-in-great/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

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> [“Lowell says, 'Not failure but low aim is crime.' We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-m-montgomery/lowell-says-not-failure-but-low-aim-is-crime-we-must-have-ideals-and/)

[L.M. Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-m-montgomery/)

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