Aim Quotes

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...We have 25 or so years invested in the work. Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try… — Phil Jones
Being often with many leading politicians, I feel frustrated that they do not listen. They already know. They fully subscribed to the idea that talking… — Vaclav Klaus
Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this. — Michelangelo
An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination. — Eduard Hanslick
My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls. — James Broughton
In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than in the lives… — Bertrand Russell
The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest… — Albert Einstein
One of the main purposes of laws in a democratic society is to put burdens upon intelligence and reduce it to impotence. Ostensibly, their aim… — H. L. Mencken
I'm really afraid of getting hit by cars, like terrified of it. I`m terrified of crossing streets. I'm also very accident-prone...I think people aim for… — Robert Pattinson
If you fail to honor your people, They will fail to honor you; It is said of a good leader that When the work is… — Laozi
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and… — Leo Tolstoy
One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand. — Quintilian
This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it. Some days you don't want… — Natalie Goldberg
Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible. — Anthony Hope
Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep the fire out of the one, and the frost out of the… — Joseph Addison
Making people laugh is one of the highest achievements you can have. And when you can make someone laugh and cry, alternatively, as Chaplin does… — Elliott Erwitt
I'm not going to make it a target, but it's something to aim for. — Steve Coppell
It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the principle inherent in… — Richard Reti
There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to control circumstances, and… — Mortimer Collins
Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player — Max Euwe

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