Verb
reach for the stars (third-person singular simple present reaches for the stars, present participle reaching for the stars, simple past and past participle reached for the stars)
To have high hopes; to be ambitious.
Coordinate terms: reach for the sky, reach for the moon, shoot for the moon, aim for the sky, aim for the stars
When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one,but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. Leo Burnett
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman
Any ape can reach for a banana, but only a human can reach for the stars or even know what that means. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable. Cathy Freeman
Space offers extraordinary potential for commerce and adventure, for new innovations and new tests of will. As Americans, we can't help but reach for the stars. It's our nature. It's our destiny. Bill Frist
We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars. Ivan Turgenev