A goal is not always meant to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at.

“An affirmation to say everyday:

I entered the navy with the great ambition of becoming a naval soldier and going to war. Either I die from this festering wound - because I refuse to have my arm amputated - or I recover from it and continue being a soldier. I have a one-in-two chance, and I shall bet my life on it!

“The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things. ” 

“The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.” 

“The aim of life is self-development. To realise one's nature perfectly-that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to one's self. Of course they are charitable. They feed the hungry, and clothe the beggar. But their own souls starve, and are naked.” 

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

“The aim of education is the condition of suspended judgment on everything.”

“The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what they do not say.” 

“One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases – and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the path.”

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.

"Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures --in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together."

“Happiness” means mainly a sense of deep satisfaction. The object of life or our goal, then, is satisfaction.

Be ready to change your goals, but never your values.

The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, can see in the service to the community their highest life achievement.

A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.

Where there’s a will there’s a way.

Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion toward men and toward objective things.