Aim Quotes

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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has… — Aristotle
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine.… — Mahmoud Abbas
Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines. From the current… — Benigno Aquino III
If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is to pass on… — David Attenborough
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. — Jane Austen
The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. — Johann Sebastian Bach
A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim. — Robert Baden-Powell
Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at… — Bryan Adams
Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to… — Jacques Barzun
One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union. — Mortimer Adler
I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not… — Juliette Binoche
I aim to be pretty - I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties. — Sara Blakely
It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater. — Alvin Ailey
An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! — Robert Browning
Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not. — Robert Browning
Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs… — Pearl S. Buck

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