Motivational Quotes

Goals

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

- Brennan, Stephen A.

Best Quotes about Goals

If one were to take that goal out of out of its religious form and look merely at its purely human side, one might state it perhaps thus: free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of all mankind.

Einstein, Albert

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

Swetchine, Anne Sophie

You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.

Noble, Charles C.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only those who keep their eye fixed on the far horizon will find their right road.

Hammarskjold, Dag

If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.

Laurence, Peter

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.

Oprah Winfrey

In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.

Robert Heinlein

To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action until the goal is reached. The key is action.

Hanson, Michael

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

Seneca

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Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it.

Friedsam, Michael

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I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal.

Carlson, Curtis

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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

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You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things -- to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

Hillary, Sir Edmund

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Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

Aristotle

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Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them. You're eagles! Stretch your wings and fly to the sky.

McNair, Ronald

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You return and again take the proper course, guided by what? -- By the picture in mind of the place you are headed for...

Mcdonald, John

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Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight.

DeFrantz, Anita

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Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.

Schwartz, David J.

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Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals -- that is, goals that do not inspire them.

Robbins, Anthony

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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

Nightingale, Earl

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Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.

Kathleen Norris

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A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way.

Mcdonald, John

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The only way to reach your long range goals is through achieving your short range objectives.

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Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Said the Cat. I don't much care where --Said Alice. Then it doesn't matter which way you go, said the Cat.

Carroll, Lewis

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My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose -- somehow we win out

Reagan, Ronald

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In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.

Thoreau, Henry David

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This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything.

Reed, Scott

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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.

Schuller, Robert H.

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We didn't get great goals. We just scored no-fear goals. Heart goals.

Pilon, Rich

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No wind is of service to him that is bound for nowhere.

Proverb, French

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One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter.

Carroll, Lewis

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Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are means to mobilize the resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

Drucker, Peter F.

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To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

Stone, W. Clement

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Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.

Oprah Winfrey

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Always have some project underway an ongoing project that goes over from day to day and thus makes each day a small unit of time.

Troll, Lillian

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The capabilities of the human mind are enormous. There is usually no inherent reason you cannot accomplish whatever goal you set for yourself.

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

Christina, Queen

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The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.

Menander of Athens

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What three things do you want to accomplish this year? Write them down and place them on your refrigerator for inspiration all year long.

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Hill, Napoleon

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What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This enables you to keep your mind focused on your goal and off the many obstacles that will arise when you're striving to do your best.

Thomas, Kurt

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The goal you set must be challenging. At the same time, it should be realistic and attainable, not impossible to reach. It should be challenging enough to make you stretch, but not so far that you break.

Hansen, Rick

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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor