Aim Quotes
1830 quotes by 1207 authors
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Bare-faced covetousness was the moving spirit of civilization from its first dawn to the present day; wealth, and again wealth, and for the third time…
— Friedrich Engels
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A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should…
— Alfred Hitchcock
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So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work…
— Seth Godin
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That man is truly humble who neither claims any personal merit in the sight of God, nor proudly despises brethren, or aims at being thought…
— John Calvin
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Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.--We call this specialty the…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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My aim in life is to make pictures and drawings, as many and as well as I can; then, at the end of my life...…
— Vincent Van Gogh
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The child is endowed with unknown powers, which can guide us to a radiant future. If what we really want is a new world, then…
— Maria Montessori
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The important aim in Christian meditation is to allow God's mysterious and silent presence within us to become more and more not only a reality…
— John Main
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Do not waste time trying to overcome your weaknesses and failures. Simply raise your consciousness, transcend and free your thoughts from limitation and illusion, and…
— Eileen Caddy
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Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Its aim is not to benefit solely any specific group of women, any particular race or class…
— Bell Hooks
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The principle aim of psychotherapy is not to transport one to an impossible state of happiness, but to help (the client) acquire steadfastness and patience…
— Carl Jung
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To make people free is the aim of art, therefore art for me is the science of freedom.
— Joseph Beuys
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The foundation of a good relationship with intentions & goals is keeping in mind that the primary aim of setting and working toward them is…
— Danielle LaPorte
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In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we…
— Oswald Chambers
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Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move.
— David Belle
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
— Anton Chekhov
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Every science and every inquiry, and similarly every activity and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good.
— Aristotle
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Man becomes weak or ill by accident as a consequence of the lack of resources. Even the most severally ill patients must be treated with…
— Michael Servetus
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...we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim at exciting strife…
— John of Damascus
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His Majesty knows best what is suitable for us. There's no need for us to be advising Him about what He should give us, for…
— Teresa of Avila
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