Aim Quotes
1830 quotes by 1255 authors
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Concentrate . . . for the greatest achievements are reserved for the man of single aim, in whom no rival powers divide the empire of…
— Orison Swett Marden
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Success lies, not in achieving what you aim at, but in aiming at what you ought to achieve, and pressing forward, sure of achievement here,…
— Robert Forman Horton
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Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself.
— Alan Alda
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A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The great enemy of…
— George Orwell
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We aim in the domain of politics at republicanism; in the domain of economics at socialism; in the domain of what is today called religion,…
— August Bebel
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The primary aim, object, and purpose of consciousness is control. Consciousness in a mere automaton is a useless and unnecessary epiphenomenon.
— C. Lloyd Morgan
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The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
— Edith Sitwell
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Whatever your work and whatever its worth, No matter how strong or clever, Some one will sneer if you pause to hear, And scoff at…
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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You need to realise that you must have something to aim for, something to drive you.
— Rohit Sharma
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If you are weak in the endgame, you must spend more time analysing studies; in your training games you must aim at transposing to endgames,…
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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I'm not afraid of insects taking over the world, and you know why? It would take about a billion ants just to AIM a gun…
— Jack Handey
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Don't aim at any impossible heroisms. Strive rather to be quiet in your own sphere. Don't live in the cloudland of some transcendental heaven; do…
— William Morley Punshon
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That aim in life is highest which requires the highest and finest discipline.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Only the slow reader will notice the odd crowd of images-flier, butcher, seal-which have gathered to comment on the aims and activities of the speeding…
— William H. Gass
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The illogical man is what advertising is after. This is why advertising is so anti-rational; this is why it aims at uprooting not only the…
— Henryk Skolimowski
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I lie in an early bed thinking late thoughts, waiting for the black to replace my blue. I do not struggle in your web because…
— Fiona Apple
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Type production has gone mad, with its senseless outpouring of new types... only in degenerate times can personality (opposed to the nameless masses) become the…
— Jan Tschichold
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You don't sell a commodity, you sell joy, gaiety, excitement. You aim at people's hearts, not their minds.
— Dorothy Draper
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Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Walking the streets on winter nights kept him warm, despite the cold nocturnal passions of uprising winds. His footsteps led between trade-marked houses, two up…
— Alan Sillitoe
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