Aim Quote by Oscar Wilde Download Open image “Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.” — Oscar Wilde ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Aim Inspirational Leisure Men
Leisure and the cultivation of human capacities are inextricably interdependent. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Leisure, some degree of it, is necessary to the health of every man's spirit. — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes. — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
As Western nations became more prosperous, leisure, which had been put off for several centuries in favor of the pursuit of property, the means… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
Nature herself, as has been often said, requires that we should be able, not only to work well, but to use leisure well; for,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating judgment. Our… — J. Richard Clarke Copy Share Image
The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life but his prejudices his principles and his common sense. The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make and consequently are perfectly uninteresting… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A good aim surveys the present state of experience of pupils, and forming a tentative plan of treatment, keeps the plan constantly in view… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The Christian man must aim at that complete obedience to God in which life finds its highest happiness, its greatest good, its perfect consummation,… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child. — Christiane Amanpour Copy Share Image
Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relevance is just as important. I often say, 'If… — Yves Behar Copy Share Image
My aim was to make money for the bank. You lose track of the amounts involved when you are engaged in this kind of… — Jerome Kerviel Copy Share Image
My main aim has always been to do good quality films with roles that have some substance. With Power and Beauty there were loads… — Natasha Henstridge Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed it - being involved in watching rushes and playback [in "The Invisible Woman"]. Ralph [Fiennes] was very open to my input,… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
The single aim of my life is that every child is: free to be a child, free to grow and develop, free to eat,… — Kailash Satyarthi Copy Share Image