“Hitch your wagon to a star!”
~ Ralph Wald Emerson
When I looked this quote up, I was surprised to find that there are two different attitudes toward it or meanings for it.
The first reference is to set your goals high. Another adage for it is “shoot for the stars.”
With this meaning, it’s referring to setting high goals and striving toward them. Or, you might already have high goals, but the likelihood of reaching them is slim. Don’t let that stop you. Go for it. Even if you’re told it’s not probable. Do your very best to become whatever it is you want to become.
Setting high goals is the meaning I always thought of for this quote. And according to my research, this is what Ralph Waldo Emerson had in mind.
The second meaning is more modern and more cynical. It refers to attaching yourself to successful people, even famous one, in order to reach your goals through them, through your association with them.
It figures the more modern meaning is cynical. Instead of being inspirational, it’s negative: use others to your own advantage.
Which do you think it refers to?
Source:
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Hitch+your+wagon+to+a+star
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