Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Dewey, John

Best Quotes about Goals

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Hill, Napoleon

A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

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

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

Patton, George S.

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

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

Collier, Robert

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

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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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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Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are means to mobilize the resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

Drucker, Peter F.

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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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

Prior, Matthew

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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

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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

Friedsam, Michael

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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Kuhn, Maggie

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

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

Browning, Robert

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

Jackson, Bo

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

Reed, Scott

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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

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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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

Kissinger, Henry

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Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.

Waitley, Denis

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

DeFrantz, Anita

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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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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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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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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Everyone has a success mechanism and a failure mechanism. The failure mechanism goes off by itself. The success mechanism only goes off with a goal. Every time we write down and talk about a goal we push the button to start the success mechanism.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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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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I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal.

Carlson, Curtis

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

Maxwell Maltz

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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Carroll, Lewis

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

Josefowitz, Natasha

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To be come fully alive a person must have goals and aims that transcend himself.

Otto, Herbert A.

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

Dewey, John

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Always have something ahead of you to look forward to -- to work for and hope for.

Maltz, Maxwell

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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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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