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A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
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Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
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Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
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In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.
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A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it.
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A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying.
Source: Speech at a summit of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Istanbul, Turkey, as quoted in BBC World Service (19 November 1999) -
A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.
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Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
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Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.
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Aim at heaven, and you will get earth thrown in; aim at earth, and you will get neither.
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Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself.
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Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block.
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