"I mean a man whose hopes and aims……" — Charles Dickens

"I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove to be a way of usefulness and good service leading to no other. All generous spirits are ambitious, I suppose, but the ambition that calmly trusts itself to such a road, instead of spasmodically trying to fly over it, is of the kind I care for."

— Charles Dickens

Above Quotes After Quotes Aim Quotes Aims Quotes All Quotes Ambition Quotes Ambitious Quotes Calmly Quotes Care Quotes Dare Quotes Dare Say Quotes Enough Quotes Fly Quotes Generous Quotes Good Quotes Good Service Quotes High Quotes High Enough Quotes Hopes Quotes I Care Quotes I Dare Quotes I Mean Quotes I Suppose Quotes Instead Quotes Kind Quotes Leading Quotes Level Quotes Levels Quotes Lie Quotes Lying Quotes Man Quotes May Quotes Mean Quotes Men Quotes Most Quotes Ordinary Quotes Ordinary Level Quotes Other Quotes Over Quotes Over It Quotes Prove Quotes Road Quotes Say Quotes Service Quotes Should Quotes Sometimes Quotes Sometimes Lie Quotes Spirit Quotes Spirits Quotes Such Quotes Suppose Quotes Trusts Quotes Trying Quotes Usefulness Quotes Way Quotes Whom Quotes

667 Quotes by Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens has 667 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 667 quotes by Charles Dickens »

More Aim Quotes

This quote is filed under Aim Quotes, one of 1,830 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

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… — Aristotle
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause… — Mahmoud Abbas
Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of… — Benigno Aquino III
If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in… — 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… — 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… — Bryan Adams
Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social… — Jacques Barzun

See all 1,830 Aim Quotes »