Motivational Quotes

Goals

I learned that, before you reach an objective, you must be ready with a new one, and you must start to communicate it to the organization. But it is not the goal itself that is important.

- Carlzon, Jan

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Christina, Queen

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

Caddy, Eileen

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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

Jackson, Bo

Setting an exciting goal is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point-its ideal. And it will faithfully guide you there through the darkest nights and fiercest storms.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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

Prior, Matthew

Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal.

Nightingale, Earl

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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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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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

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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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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

Publilius Syrus

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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

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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.

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In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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

Kissinger, Henry

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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Maxwell Maltz

25.

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.

27.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

28.

You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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

Browning, Robert

31.

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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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

33.

You will now have a starting place and a destination, and you will be able to determine what it will cost you to get there. You will be going someplace.

Judd, H. Stanley

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

Collier, Robert

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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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

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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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Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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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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I learned that, before you reach an objective, you must be ready with a new one, and you must start to communicate it to the organization. But it is not the goal itself that is important.

Carlzon, Jan

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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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Take heed you do not find what you do not seek.

Proverb, English

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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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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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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

48.

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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One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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