Motivational Quotes

Goals

There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.

- Caine, Mark

Best Quotes about Goals

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

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

Kafka, Franz

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

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

Walsh, Basil S.

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

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

Prior, Matthew

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

Nightingale, Earl

You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

Lee, Bruce

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

10.

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

Dewey, John

11.

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

Proverb, French

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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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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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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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When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.

Anderson, Greg

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Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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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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A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.

Caddy, Eileen

19.

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

Mcdonald, John

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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

21.

Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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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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Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.

Zaharias, Babe Didrikson

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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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In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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

Kempis, Thomas

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

Jackson, Bo

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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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The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.

Collier, Robert

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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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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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

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

Reed, Scott

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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

Robbins, Anthony

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You get what you set out to do.

Hanson, John

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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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If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

Brown, Les

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A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

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Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.

Brown, Les

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You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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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.

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Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.

Bono, Edward De

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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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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les