
“Aim high. You may still miss the target but at least you won’t shoot your foot off.”
Vorkosigan Saga, Komarr (1998)
Source: Miles in Love
The World Is (Below the Heavens)
Below the Heavens (2007)
“Aim high. You may still miss the target but at least you won’t shoot your foot off.”
Vorkosigan Saga, Komarr (1998)
Source: Miles in Love
“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
Source: The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
[paraphrasing the view of Seneca], p. 34.
The Art of Life (2008)
“Didn't I say I'd always be your same stars? If you get to missing me, just look up.”
Source: Fault Lines
"Who's Zoomin' Who", written with Preston Glass and Narada Michael Walden, from Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
Song lyrics
“I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.”
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