Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

Best Quotes about Goals

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

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

Brown, Les

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

Carroll, Lewis

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

Proverb, French

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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.

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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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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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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You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things -- to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

Hillary, Sir Edmund

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

Robbins, Anthony

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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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

Demille, Nelson

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

Friedsam, Michael

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

Dewey, John

24.

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

DeFrantz, Anita

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Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.

Brown, Les

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

Laurence, Peter

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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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Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only those who keep their eye fixed on the far horizon will find their right road.

Hammarskjold, Dag

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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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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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You are not likely to get anywhere in particular if you don't know where you want to go.

Johnson, Percy H.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

Prior, Matthew

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

Jackson, Bo

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

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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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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

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

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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 get what you set out to do.

Hanson, John

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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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It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

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

Kuhn, Maggie