Best 452 quotes in «aim quotes» category

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.

The learned man aims for more. But the wise man decreases. And then decreases again.

The lord giveth and most women piss it away. Perhaps this is why they lack the equipment to aim.

The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.

The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before my eyes, and that my system, if it can be called a system, has been to glide away unconcernedly on the stream of life, trusting to the wind wherever it led.

There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism

There are sermons in stones, but it depends on how good your aim is.

There is no art without a poetic aim.

There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim, with an honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your success.

There is, of course, nothing wrong in a program that aims to please everybody, except that as a rule it is a prelude to dictatorship.

There's so many wack rappers out here, I don't know where to aim at.

There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream.

The sole aim of journalism should be service.

The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of the most fugitive effects.

The only means to well-being is to increase the quantity of products. This is what business aims at.

The ultimate aim of all science is to penetrate the unknown.

The tiger lies low not from fear, but for aim. ~Wren

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

The ultimate aim of production is not production of goods but the production of free human beings associated with one another on terms of equality.

The ultimate aim of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) is to create a one-world socialist system, and to make the U.S. an official part of it.

The ultimate aim of the gospel is the display of God’s glory.

The vigor of civilized societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth-while.

The whole aim of Zen is not to make foolproof statements about experience, but to come to direct grips with reality without the mediation of logical verbalizing.

The world has yet to see what God will do with a man fully consecrated to Him. By God's help, I aim to be that man.

The whole aim of comparative anatomy is to discover what structures are homologous.

Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low.

The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.

To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger.

To attain Buddhahood ... we must scatter this life's aims and objects to the wind.

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

To get the medium's magic to work for one's aims rather than against them is to attain literacy.

To men who only aim at escaping felony, nothing short of the prisoner's dock is disgrace.

To my thinking, this: - that the Priestly Code rests upon the result which is only the aim of Deuteronomy.

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.

To retire at the top of the game, that's always been my aim.

To say that a state cannot pursue its aims because there is no money, is like saying that an engineer cannot build roads, because there are no kilometers.

To see what is general in what is particular, and what is permanent in what is transitory, is the aim of scientific thought.

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.

Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least.

Unity is surely the indispensable thing if meaning is to exist. Unity, to be very general, is the establishment of the utmost relatedness between all component parts... the aim is to make as clear as possible the relationships between the parts of the unity; in short, to show how one thing leads to another.

Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim.

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

To live as fully, as completely as possible, to be happy ... is the true aim and end to life.

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

We aim to please... You aim too, please.

To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself.

We never begin worship. We aim it.