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Hitch your wagon to a star

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  1. Aim high; hope for great things. This advice appears in the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.


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Hitch your wagon to a star, if you will, but always stand ready to throw the harness on the mules, also.

From Oklahoma Sunshine by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)

Hitch your wagon to a star; but begin by making a few dollars more a year than you spend.

From Adventures in Contentment by Grayson, David

"Hitch your wagon to a star," said Emerson.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis

The homely yet soaring idealism of the true American will always answer to the word, "Hitch your wagon to a star."

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring

"Hitch your wagon to a star," says Emerson; "do not lie and steal: no god will help."

From Confessions and Criticisms by Hawthorne, Julian