“3769. One may as much miss the Mark, by aiming too high, as too low.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“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
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Variant: The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
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The Inn Album, iv.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“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)
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