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

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal, My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Pasteur, Louis

You cannot do a goal. Long-term planning and goal-setting must therefore be complemented by short-term planning. This kind of planning requires specifying activities. You can do an activity. Activities are steps along the way to a goal. Let's say you desire security. Putting $10.00 in the bank or talking to your stockbroker about your investment plans are activities that will move you toward your goal.

Lakein, Alan

It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.

Ruskin, John

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

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

Dewey, John

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

Mille, Cecil B. De

Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

If you don't know where you are going. How can you expect to get there?

Walsh, Basil S.

A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's heaven for?

Browning, Robert

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Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Robbins, Anthony

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Knowing where you're going is all you need to get there.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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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

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

Robert Heinlein

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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.

Kempis, Thomas

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You get what you set out to do.

Hanson, John

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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I've surpassed any goal I set for myself as far as my body, my career, and getting married.

Lake, Ricki

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A salesman must also have flexible goals. You may say, I want to sell 10 accounts this week, and you sell five. You're ready to die. But, you tell yourself, Five isn't too bad. You know, next week maybe I'll sell 10.

Carlson, Curtis

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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.

Tracy, Brian

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Goals should be SMART: S = Specific M = Measurable A = Assignable (who does what) R = Realistic T = Time-Related

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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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To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.

Austin, Tracy

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What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart

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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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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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Decide what you want and write your goals. Then convert your goals into positive, present tense statements called affirmations. Affirm your goals each day until they become part of your subconscious mechanism.

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

Seneca

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Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.

Prior, Matthew

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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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You are not likely to get anywhere in particular if you don't know where you want to go.

Johnson, Percy H.

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If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the Spirit.

Winfrey, Oprah

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

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Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50 feet, then split first arrow with the second. Would it be possible for you to shoot better than him? YES, if he were blindfolded! How can you hit a target you can't see? Even worse, how can you hit a target you don't even have!? You need to have GOALS in your life!

Ziglar, Zig

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Everyone has a success mechanism and a failure mechanism. The failure mechanism goes off by itself. The success mechanism only goes off with a goal. Every time we write down and talk about a goal we push the button to start the success mechanism.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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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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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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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Kuhn, Maggie

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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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Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.

Dodson, Fitzhugh

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Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical.

Brown, Les

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The goals you set for yourself and the strategies you choose become your blueprint or plan. Strategies are like recipes: choose the right ingredients, mix them in the correct proportions, and you will always produce the same predictable results: in this case financial success. The success strategies for managing money and building wealth are called Money Strategies. By learning to use money strategies as a part of your day-to-day life, financial frustration and failure will become a thing of the past.

Givens, Charles J.

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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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The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Rohn, Jim

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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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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there. There are so few at the top it is almost lonely there.

Insull, Samuel