Motivational Quotes

Goals

You can plant a dream.

- Campbell, Anne

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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

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

Pasteur, Louis

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

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific.

Ziglar, Zig

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

Brown, Les

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

10.

There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

11.

Unless you have some goals, I don't think there's any way to get above the pack. My vision was always well beyond what I had any reason to expect.

Fuqua, John

12.

Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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

Seneca

15.

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

Friedsam, Michael

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

Robbins, Anthony

18.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Patton, George S.

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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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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.

21.

You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

22.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

Aristotle

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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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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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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

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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Reed, Scott

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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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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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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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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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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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Have an aim in life -- then don't forget to pull the trigger.

34.

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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You get what you set out to do.

Hanson, John

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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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

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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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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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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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

Pilon, Rich

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Until input thought is linked to a goal purpose there can be no intelligent accomplishment.

Thomas, Paul G.

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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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

Kempis, Thomas