"It must be born in mind that the tradedy in life does not lie in not reaching our goal. the tragedy in life lies on having no goal to reach."
2007-02-04 09:38:53 · 15 answers · asked by smile10745 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It means:
If there are tradegys in your life then there are no goals to be accomplished
2007-02-04 09:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It means the tragedy in life is a shiftless person who does not strive to either give his all for a dream or is unwilling to set any goal at all. Those who do have a goal but don't reach it because of their inability to is not such a great tragedy compared to the former. The speaker wants everyone to recognize that as long as you stretch your true potential on some worthy goal, then tragedy is beneath you. After all, the fuel of human achievements is motivation and motivation is spurned through goals.
2007-02-04 17:50:40 · answer #2 · answered by The Postulator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is kind of the same as "I would rather have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" isn't it? It means exactly what it says. Live your life to the fullest. Have goals to reach and work toward those goals. Even if you never get there at least you tried. The tragedy is in not trying.
2007-02-04 17:44:37 · answer #3 · answered by papricka w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tragedy if one does not have a goal or vision he she wants to reach, is that this person drifts and is pushed around by influences coming from outside this persons will as this person does and has not developed his own will. And this is truly tragic as this person will not go anywhere at all, in the best case he or she goes around in circles, in the worst case ends up somewhere disastrous or sad.
If you follow a goal even if you do not reach this goal, it is better then having no goal at all, as you have sharpened your will and you gained strength in the process and immense wisdom.
A person without goal is like a leave in the wind. He or she will end up where the wind blows it to.
2007-02-04 17:54:44 · answer #4 · answered by I love you too! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the author of this quote means to say is: even if you don't reach your goal (whether it be something as menial as losing five pounds or as ambitious as becoming president) there is nothing wrong or tragic about that. The real tragedy in life is never setting goals for yourself in the first place.
2007-02-04 17:52:34 · answer #5 · answered by wrestlingguy87 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means we must have a direction, a goal in life. If we don't meet it, it's not a tragedy. If we have no goal, therein lies the tragedy.
2007-02-04 17:44:03 · answer #6 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel like I am doing your homework if I answer, but it means:
We have got to realize that the tragedy in life is not that we didn't attain our goal, but the real sadness is in not ever had a goal.
Read it. If you can understand English, it is simple.
2007-02-04 17:45:32 · answer #7 · answered by ruthie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to think it or there is no goal to reach. Having no goals is a bigger tragedy, than failure
2007-02-04 17:47:31 · answer #8 · answered by Sharah O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that it will be a big tragedy for those that don't have any goal or objective in life to accomplish, because then it means that we are dead..
2007-02-04 17:49:44 · answer #9 · answered by ILSE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you're not a failure in life just because you set a goal but in the end you do not achieve it. You are a failure(according to this proverb) only if you wonder aimlessly through life without direction, never settings any goals because you fear failure.
2007-02-04 17:49:50 · answer #10 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that wandering mindlessly through life is worse than marching mindfully toward a seemingly insignificant goal.
2007-02-04 17:47:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋