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Aim Quotes by Ludwig von Mises
- The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.
- The aim of the popularization of economic studies is not to make every man an economist. The idea is to equip the citizen for his…
- The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept…
- What counts alone is the innovator, the dissenter, the harbinger of things unheard of, the man who rejects the traditional standards and aims at substituting…
- The market economy is the social system of the division of labor under private ownership of the means of production. Everybody acts on his own…
- True, man cannot escape death. But for the present he is alive; and life, not death, takes hold of him... It is mans innate nature…
- The history of mankind is the history of ideas. For it is ideas, theories, and doctrines that guide human action, determine the ultimate ends men…
- Every man aims at avoiding what causes him pain; the activities of government ultimately consist in the infliction of pain. All great achievements of mankind…
- The only means to well-being is to increase the quantity of products. This is what business aims at.
- Competition on the market aims at assigning to every individual that function in the social system in which he can render to all his fellow…
- Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they…
- The avowed aim of all utopian movements is to put an end to history and to establish a final and permanent calm.
More Aim Quotes
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines.… — Benigno Aquino III
- If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is… — David Attenborough
- Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. — Jane Austen
- The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the… — Johann Sebastian Bach
- A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim. — Robert Baden-Powell
- Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who… — Bryan Adams
- Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in… — Jacques Barzun