In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

— William Osler

It has always been the aim of royalty and aristocracy to lower the individual liberty and independence of the common people. A baron and a minute-man could not breathe the same air.

— John Boyle O'Reilly

It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil.

— James F. Cooper

It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at self-improvement is the definition sometimes given for religion. It may relate to our actions or to our convictions. In our actions we should aim at goodness; in our convictions, at truth.

— Joseph P. Bradley

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

— Deng Xiaoping

Man becomes weak or ill by accident as a consequence of the lack of resources. Even the most severally ill patients must be treated with the aim of restoring their health.

— Michael Servetus

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.

— Edward Hopper

My aim is just to make good music every single time.

— Lil Wayne

My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential.

— Dalai Lama

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us.

— William Tecumseh Sherman