“Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss you miss, you'll land in the stars.”
Les Brown (1945) American politician
Variant: Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
“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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