Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Dewey, John

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Publilius Syrus

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

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

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

Austin, Tracy

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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

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

Laurence, Peter

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 until the goal is reached. The key is action.

Hanson, Michael

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

Collier, Robert

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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

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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

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

Reed, Scott

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Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Kempis, Thomas

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

Caddy, Eileen

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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.

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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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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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Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Dewey, John

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The only way to reach your long range goals is through achieving your short range objectives.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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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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If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the Spirit.

Winfrey, Oprah

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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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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the 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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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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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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Goals should be SMART: S = Specific M = Measurable A = Assignable (who does what) R = Realistic T = Time-Related

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

Pasteur, Louis

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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

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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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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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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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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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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