
The World Is (Below the Heavens)
Below the Heavens (2007)
Vorkosigan Saga, Komarr (1998)
Source: Miles in Love
The World Is (Below the Heavens)
Below the Heavens (2007)
“Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.”
Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom, p. 177
Bjarne Stroustrup's FAQ: Did you really say that?, 2007-11-15 http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#really-say-that,
“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.”
As quoted in The Power of Choice (2007) by Joyce Guccione, p. 199
also attributed to Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) and Les Brown (1912–2001)
Misattributed
“Remind me not to piss you off Red. You might aim for the heart and shoot me in the balls.”
Source: Morrigan's Cross
“3769. One may as much miss the Mark, by aiming too high, as too low.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target”