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Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Aim, Valuable, Higher
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.3579, Delphi Classics
Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.