Sayings about Aim
Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart. ~ Korean Proverbs
Aiming isn’t hitting. ~ Swahili Proverb
Too aim is not enough, you must hit! ~ German Proverbs
Before firing, you must take aim. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
Frivolous talk is like shooting without aiming. ~ Spanish Proverbs
To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming. ~ English Proverbs
Talking without thinking is shooting without aiming. ~ Chinese Proverb
Taking aim for too long can ruin your eyes. ~ Ivorian Proverb
Quotations about Aim
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. ~ Bruce Lee
Aim for the highest. ~ Andrew Carnegie
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. ~ Lao Tzu
I think you should aim for the stars – and hopefully avoid ending up in the clouds! ~ Roxanne McKee
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. ~ C. S. Lewis
You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try to do things that you’re incapable of… If you think you’re incapable of running a company, make that your aim… Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible. ~ Paul Arden
The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values. ~ William Ralph Inge
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. ~ Joel Hawes
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. ~ Aristotle
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
I never thought of myself as unlucky. When you aim high, it’s tough to get there unless something really fortunate happens. ~ Henry Cavill
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give. ~ E. O. Wilson
Aim higher. Stay focused. ~ Brandon Adams
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. ~ Thomas Aquinas
The surest way to hit a woman’s heart is to take aim kneeling. ~ Douglas William Jerrold
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. ~ William James
Money is a strange business. People who haven’t got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles. ~ Ayrton Senna
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. ~ Muhammad Iqbal
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
Not failure, but low aim, is a crime. ~ James Russell Lowell
Aim high, and you won’t shoot your foot off. ~ Phyllis Diller
Life, Money, People Aim high, and you won’t shoot your foot off. ~ Phyllis Diller
Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor. ~ Bill Shankly
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. ~ Carl von Clausewitz
Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence. ~ Daniel Burnham
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. ~ Herbert Spencer
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. ~ W. Clement Stone
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future. ~ Walt Disney
Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead – but aim to do something big. ~ Deng Xiaoping
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. ~ Philip Stanhope
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. ~ Henry Miller
If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time. ~ Zig Ziglar
Don’t aim at success–the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue … as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a course greater than oneself. ~ Viktor Frankl
Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life. ~ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. ~ Dr. David M. Burns
Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. ~ David Frost
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. ~ Logan Pearsall Smith
Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. ~ David Frost
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. ~ Plutarch
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. ~ Michelangelo
Having an aim is the key to achieving your best. ~ Henry J. Kaiser
