“Aim high. You may still miss the target but at least you won’t shoot your foot off.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
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.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, Komarr (1998)
Source: Miles in Love
“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.”
W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) American New Thought author
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
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer
Source: The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017) Polish philosopher and sociologist
[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.”
Anne Rivers Siddons (1936–2019) novelist from the United States
Source: Fault Lines
Aretha Franklin (1942–2018) American musician, singer, songwriter, and pianist
"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.”
Mike Tyson (1966) American boxer
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n11_v50/ai_17362107
Miscellaneous