W. Clement Stone Quotes

I still say, 'Shoot for the moon; you might get there.'

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.

Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars.

I think you should aim for the stars - and hopefully avoid ending up in the clouds!

I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I'm happy when I land on the roof.

Reach for the stars.

People who look down never get much of an idea of the sky where the stars are set. And the fellow who doesn't hitch at least one or two of his wagons to a star never gets very high up. Get your eyes off the ground. Look ahead.

Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.

If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.

If you're going to set an ambition, set it high.

My friends and I started that motto early in high school - that attitude, that mentality - from way back then: Want to go to Stanford? Why not? Want to play in the NBA? Why not?

Anything's possible if you set your heart on something, no matter how big and how crazy it seems.

I like to set goals that seem impossible.

Go further than you planned. Ask for the moon: you will be surprised how often you get it

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.

I hope what I do and what I just did inspires people around the world to reach for the skies.

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try to do things that you're incapable of... If you think you're incapable of running a company, make that your aim... Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible.

Have a vision. It is the ability to see the invisible. If you can see the invisible, you can achieve the impossible.

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

Why should you be content with so little? Why shouldn't you reach out for something big?

Expect more than others think possible.

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you.