Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Demille, Nelson

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

Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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

Austin, Tracy

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

Proverb, French

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

Dodson, Fitzhugh

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

Friedsam, Michael

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The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.

Denis Watley

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If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

Seneca

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

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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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.

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The more specific and measurable your goal, the more quickly you will be able to identify, locate, create, and implement the use of the necessary resources for its achievement.

Givens, Charles J.

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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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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You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination.

Stone, W. Clement

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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

Berra, Yogi

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Carroll, Lewis

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

Publilius Syrus

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It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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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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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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

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

Reed, Scott

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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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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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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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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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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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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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

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

Prior, Matthew

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Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.

Brown, Les

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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