Motivational Quotes

Goals

The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.

- Bristol, Claude M.

Best Quotes about Goals

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

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, changes one frame of mind and for the moment realizes itself.

Jamieson, Mrs.

There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere. There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid towards your goals.

Stein, Ben

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

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

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

Aristotle

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

Carlyle, Thomas

Set your goals high and don't stop until you get there.

Jackson, Bo

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

Morgan, John Pierpont

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Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams.

Brown, Les

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

Dewey, 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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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 till the goal is reached. The key is action.

Michael Hanson

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We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

Maxwell Maltz

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Always have something ahead of you to look forward to -- to work for and hope for.

Maltz, Maxwell

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It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is a sin

Mayes, Benjamin E.

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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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If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

Kissinger, Henry

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Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level neither too low nor too high.

Norman, Greg

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From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Kafka, Franz

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

Noble, Charles C.

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It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspirations and valuations.

Einstein, Albert

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

Louis Pasteur

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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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We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better road maps.

Demille, Nelson

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

Seneca

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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

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

DeFrantz, Anita

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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Becoming a star may not be your destiny, but being the best that you can be is a goal that you can set for yourselves.

Lindsay, Bryan

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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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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In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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

Nightingale, Earl

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As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.

Brown, Les

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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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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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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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You may not accomplish every goal you set -- no one does -- but what really matters is having goals and going after them wholeheartedly.

Brown, Les

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Many a person who started out to conquer the world in shining army has ended up just getting along. The horse got tired, the army rusty. The goal was removed and unsure.

Cook, Robert A.

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

Austin, Tracy

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

Reed, Scott