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Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable.
Edward Thorndike
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Edward Thorndike
American
Psychologist
Born:
Aug 31
,
1874
Died:
Aug 9
,
1949
Topics
Aim
,
Attainable
,
Probability
,
Psychology
,
Measure
,
Helps
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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Knowledge
Perseverance
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Followed
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A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
Bruce Lee
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
Thomas Aquinas
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Highest
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Were
His
Ship
Forever
Captain
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Port
Preserve
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E. O. Wilson
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Needs
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You
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Aristotle
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