Aim Quotes
My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
Los Angeles is not Mexico City, but we have many fine nightclubs and restaurants here. It is enough. One must not aim too high.
In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters.
Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a pig.
To secure the greatest amount of pleasure with the least possible outlay should be the aim of all economic effort.
they who are not fastidious as to the means, seldom fail of securing the result they aim at.
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
The customer is an object to be manipulated, not a concrete person whose aims the businessman is interested to satisfy.
It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while those which aim only at the good of the rulers are wrong.
To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art.
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!
Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and the I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I'm after.
Each man has to seek out his own special aptitude for a higher life in the midst of the humble and inevitable reality of daily existence. Than this, there can be no nobler aim in life.
They may well fear fate who have any infirmity of habit or aim: but they who rest on what is have a destiny beyond destiny, and can make mouths of fortune.
When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas.
God's global aim in creation and redemption is not only the glory of his name, but also the gladness of the peoples.
I want to remain distinct and authentically Christian in whatever realm I'm in. That's really what my aim is, for people to see I truly treasure and value Jesus and His Word.
The Bible does not say we should aim at numbers but rather urges us faithfully to proclaim God's message in the boldness of the Holy Spirit. This will build God's church God's way.
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 write my reveries only for myself.
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
We find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to the aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man get away from true contentment.
Aim for a star, and keep your sights high! With a heart full of faith within, your feet on the ground and your eyes in the sky.
The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices. The physician does not preach repentance; he offers absolution.
Never aim to be proactive with your day. That way, if you end up getting stuff done, you’re never disappointed.
One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path.
Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.
Globalism began as a vision of a world with free trade, shared prosperity, and open borders. These are good, even noble things to aim for.
The primary aim, object, and purpose of consciousness is control. Consciousness in a mere automaton is a useless and unnecessary epiphenomenon.
What the artist must aim at above all else is this: to produce, by any process whatever, a work which by the life and humanity emanating from it communicates to the beholder . . . .
Wisdom is the power to perceive the best ends to aim at and the best means for reaching those ends.
Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.
The aim proposed here for any organization is for everybody to gain - stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, community, the environment - over the long term.
The aim of art is almost divine: to bring to life again if it is writing history, to create if it is writing poetry.
The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim.