Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Dewey, John

Best Quotes about Goals

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

You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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

Maxwell Maltz

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''

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

Laurence, Peter

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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

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

Proverb, English

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

Reed, Scott

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

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Louis Pasteur

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

Demille, Nelson

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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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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If you don't care where you're going any road will get you there

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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

Nightingale, Earl

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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

Brown, Les

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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What three things do you want to accomplish this year? Write them down and place them on your refrigerator for inspiration all year long.

30.

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

Christina, Queen

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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

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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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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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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

DeFrantz, Anita

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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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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 until the goal is reached. The key is action.

Hanson, Michael

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

Seneca

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

Mcdonald, John

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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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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