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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines. Charles De Gaulle Aim 147
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. Thomas Aquinas Aim 116
Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable. Edward Thorndike Aim 114
On the other hand, always aim to be the best in what you do and give 100%. Benjamin Cohen Aim 93
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. Thomas Jefferson Aim 87
To me our bombing policy appears to be suicidal. Not because it does not do vast damage to our enemy, it does; but because, simultaneously, it does vast damage to our peace aim, unless that aim is mutual economic and social annihilation. J. F. C. Fuller Aim 78
America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman. George W. Bush Aim 78
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. George Santayana Aim 76
A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for the sake of the public at large-and as confused as possible for the preservation of the whole uneasy balance. Clark Kerr Aim 75
Realistically, we could aim for the top three in the constructors championship. Realistically, we could look at winning more races. Three race wins would be very satisfying. Damon Hill Aim 73
We aim in the domain of politics at republicanism; in the domain of economics at socialism; in the domain of what is today called religion, at atheism. August Bebel Aim 72
For 6 days a week I aim to get in between 18-23 miles. Jonathan Brown Aim 71
Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever. Arthur Henderson Aim 68
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. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Aim 67
My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them. Terry Prachett Aim 65
Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting. Joan Didion Aim 63
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature. Edward Hopper Aim 61
Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent. Pete Seeger Aim 58
In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end. Tom Seaver Aim 57
God has never ceased to be the one true aim of all right human aspirations. Alexandre Vinet Aim 57
If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited. Beatrice Webb Aim 56
The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think. Oliver Wendell Holmes Aim 55
Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory. Damon Hill Aim 52
The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded. George Orwell Aim 51
Jordan seeks to play only one role, that of a model state. It is our aim to set an example for our Arab brethren, not one that they need follow but one that will inspire them to seek a higher, happier destiny within their own borders. King Hussein I Aim 46
A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim. Robert Baden-Powell Aim 46
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. Samuel Johnson Aim 46
We take people to the threshold of religion. Our aim is to induce immediate experience that is beyond the odd, beyond the strange, and beyond the weird. It verges on the wholly other. Larry Harvey Aim 46
Now on the other hand, if someone is selling a product, opening a dance studio, or has some other aim to help themselves, then I tend to look askance at some of these strange stories from outer space. Robert Stack Aim 46
Normal science does not aim at novelties of fact or theory and, when successful, finds none. Thomas Kuhn Aim 46
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Aim 45
But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live. Frank Stella Aim 45
Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon. Edsger Dijkstra Aim 44
Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure. Kingman Brewster, Jr.Aim 44
From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing. Jamie Redknapp Aim 43
My aim was to safeguard justice, without doing harm to our war effort. Hans Frank Aim 42
The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history. Harold Rosenberg Aim 42
My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls. James Broughton Aim 42
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. Annie Dillard Aim 41
The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem. Yasser Arafat Aim 40
My aim was never to seek a force and take power. Hosni Mubarak Aim 39
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. Henry David Thoreau Aim 39
Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible. Anthony Hope Aim 38
My aim in life is not to judge. Jeanne Moreau Aim 37
I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. Anita Desai Aim 37
Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine. David Ogilvy Aim 36
Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame. Abbott L. Lowell Aim 36
The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. Edith Sitwell Aim 35
Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not. Robert Browning Aim 35
Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody. Evelyn Glennie Aim 34

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