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Quotes About Aim

The aim of the gospel is the creation of people who are passionate for doing good rather than settling for the passionless avoidance of evil.
~ John Piper
If the beams are beautiful, the sun is even more beautiful. God's aim is not that we merely admire His gifts, but even more, His glory.
~ John Piper
if God be this center, then God aimed at himself. And herein it appears, that as he is the first author of their being and motion, so he is the last end, the final term, to which is their ultimate tendency and aim.
~ John Piper
When (an advocate) is not thoroughly acquainted with the real strength and weakness of his cause, he knows not where to choose the most impressive argument. When the mark is shrouded in obscurity, the only substitute for accuracy in the aim is in the multitude of the shafts.
~ John Quincy Adams
They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.
~ John Sedgwick
exactly that should
~ John Walker
If you don't have a target-you'll never know if you have a hit or a miss!
~ Emilie Barnes
the ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain by fear, nor to exact obedience, but to free every man from fear that he may live in all possible security... In fact the true aim of government is liberty.
~ Baruch Spinoza
Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished-by giving thought not only to the aim but to the method of approach.
~ Basil Henry Liddell Hart
If you see me as a controversial artist or controversial human being, then I could be cashing in on some reality shows. I am not doing anything like that. That's not my aim.
~ Yo Yo Honey Singh
Anything I do, I'm doing it for a reason.
~ DaBaby
My main aim is poverty reduction in the state.
~ Naveen Patnaik
It's been my desire to support efforts to aim at healing the relationship between law enforcement and the community.
~ Doug Baldwin
I don't want to work in heavy duty commercial movies that Tollywood is known for. The audience need characters they can relate to, so my aim is to play such roles.
~ Naga Chaitanya
I would have done higher than that... I would have set it higher.
~ Duane Chapman
The sole aim of a metaphor is to call up a visual image. When these images clash – as in The Fascist octopus has sung its swan song, the jackboot is thrown into the melting-pot – it can be taken as certain that the writer is not seeing a mental image of the objects he is naming; in other words he is not really thinking.
~ George Orwell
The aim of the Low, when they have an aim — for it is an abiding characteristic of the Low that they are too much crushed by drudgery to be more than intermittently conscious of anything outside their daily lives — is to abolish all distinctions and create a society in which all men shall be equal.
~ George Orwell
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
~ George Santayana
Have a specific goal every time you hit the gym; this way, your workouts have built-in purpose.
~ Gretchen Bleiler
Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls.
~ Barbara Amiel
Seriously, you tell me, if you aim at something, and then hit it time and time again, was it luck or did you just do what you were trying to do?
~ Matt Serra
I used to be the chief guest in all the prize distribution ceremonies of shooting competitions. I tried my hand on a lot of guns, and my aim improved. I started hitting tiny targets, like a mineral bottle cap.
~ Nana Patekar
There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
~ Daniel Mallory Ortberg
I want to go to the Paralympics in Tokyo in 2020 so that's my aim in sport, but what do I want to do after I retire? Do I want to do a normal job? I would like to become a primary school teacher but... it will be totally different.
~ Ellie Simmonds