Aim Quotes
1830 quotes by 1255 authors
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A state is an association of similar persons whose aim is the best life possible. What is best is happiness, and to be happy is…
— Aristotle
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But since there is but one aim for the entire state, it follows that education must be one and the same for all, and that…
— Aristotle
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Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. What we seek is more simply to improve the…
— Paul Wellstone
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The philosophy of Atheism has its root in the earth, in this life; its aim is the emancipation of the human race from all God-heads,…
— Emma Goldman
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In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall come nearer to success and that…
— Rosalind Franklin
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The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of thinking that the…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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The aims of scientific thought are to see the general in the particular and the eternal in the transitory.
— Alfred North Whitehead
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The right to development is the measure of the respect of all other human rights.That should be our aim: a situation in which all individuals…
— Kofi Annan
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The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education ... (and) the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth.…
— John Dewey
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The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.
— Cecil B. DeMille
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The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.
— Eliza Farnham
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You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself…
— Edgar Degas
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Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You…
— T. Boone Pickens
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Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to…
— Sri Aurobindo
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The ascent is the aim of your life and to perfect it is your job.
— Nirmala Srivastava
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Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim is…
— Nirmala Srivastava
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Charity is commendable; everyone should be charitable. But justice aims to create a social order in which, if individuals choose not to be charitable, people…
— Bill Moyers
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All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with…
— Lou Holtz
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The true aim of every one who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions,but to kindle minds.
— Frederick William Robertson
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Atheism may be defined as the mental attitude which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason and aims at establishing a lifestyle and ethical outlook verifiable…
— Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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