“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)
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American New Thought author 1902–2002

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