Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Balance high ambitions with practical grounding in reality.
- In plain terms
- Dream big but stay grounded in what is real.
- What can you take from it?
- Combine vision with practicality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you balance dreams and reality?
Another view
It assumes high and low are easily distinguished.
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