Aim Quotes

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From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing. — Jamie Redknapp
Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent… — Pat Robertson
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. — John D. Rockefeller
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… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages,… — Bertrand Russell
The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims… — Jeffrey Sachs
Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. — George Santayana
As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number of various trade… — Fritz Sauckel
My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right? — Charles M. Schulz
Thus it is ever in life. The aims we once pursued no longer satisfy us; we aim, we strive, we aspire, until sight fails, and… — Robert Schumann
Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of… — Pete Seeger
Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles. — Ayrton Senna
Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor. — Bill Shankly
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread… — William Tecumseh Sherman
We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves. — Peter Singer
The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art - and, by analogy, our own experience - more, rather… — Susan Sontag
I'd love to do something with Kelly Clarkson because she's been a monumental influence on me. I love how she handles her celebrity. She's not… — Jordin Sparks
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. — Herbert Spencer

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