“Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.”
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Attribution note
Ubiquitous on quote sites as a Gandhi line but I found no dated primary (Young India/Harijan/CWMG) or reputable compilation citation; without any reliable source it is best classed as commonly attributed rather than probable.
Likely origin: Widely credited to Gandhi across quote databases with no reliable primary source located.
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Worth attaches to the striving itself, not only to the trophy at the end, because most goals are partly outside our control while effort never is. That reframes falling short: a serious attempt still counts for something, and outcomes stop being the sole measure of a life.
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- A runner who trains hard but misses the podium still walks away proud of the race she ran.
- An entrepreneur's first company folds, yet the skills built carry straight into the next one.
- A student who studies fully and earns a B learns far more than one who copied an easy A.