Motivational Quotes

Goals

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.

Best Quotes about Goals

Without a goal to work toward, we will not get there.

Josefowitz, Natasha

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

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

Mcdonald, John

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.

Schwartz, David J.

The most important thing you can do to achieve your goals is to make sure that as soon as you set them, you immediately begin to create momentum. The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man who taught me to first write down the goal, and then to never leave the site of setting a goal without firs taking some form of positive action toward its attainment.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Kafka, Franz

A man has to have goals- for a day, for a lifetime- that was mine, to have people say, There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.

Williams, Ted

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.

10.

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

11.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

12.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

13.

Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical.

Brown, Les

14.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

15.

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

Demille, Nelson

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

Robbins, Anthony

20.

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

21.

Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them. You're eagles! Stretch your wings and fly to the sky.

McNair, Ronald

22.

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

Jackson, Bo

23.

I've surpassed any goal I set for myself as far as my body, my career, and getting married.

Lake, Ricki

24.

If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.

Laurence, Peter

25.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

26.

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

27.

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

Ziglar, Zig

28.

The capabilities of the human mind are enormous. There is usually no inherent reason you cannot accomplish whatever goal you set for yourself.

Mccarthy, Michael J.

29.

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

DeFrantz, Anita

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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

Aristotle

33.

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

Pasteur, Louis

34.

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

35.

The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

36.

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

37.

All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.

Nightingale, Earl

38.

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

39.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

40.

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.

41.

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.

42.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

43.

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

44.

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

45.

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.

46.

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

Kempis, Thomas

47.

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

Robbins, Anthony

48.

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

49.

You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

50.

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

Pilon, Rich