Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Friedsam, Michael

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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

No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Pasteur, Louis

As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.

Brown, Les

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

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

Seneca

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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If you don't know where you are going. How can you expect to get there?

Walsh, Basil S.

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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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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

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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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If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

Seneca

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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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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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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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If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

Brown, Les

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

Brown, Les

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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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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.

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You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.

Noble, Charles C.

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

Caddy, Eileen

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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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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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A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

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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

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The goals you set for yourself and the strategies you choose become your blueprint or plan. Strategies are like recipes: choose the right ingredients, mix them in the correct proportions, and you will always produce the same predictable results: in this case financial success. The success strategies for managing money and building wealth are called Money Strategies. By learning to use money strategies as a part of your day-to-day life, financial frustration and failure will become a thing of the past.

Givens, Charles J.

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

Proverb, French

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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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Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.

Dodson, Fitzhugh

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

Josefowitz, Natasha

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

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

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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

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I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This enables you to keep your mind focused on your goal and off the many obstacles that will arise when you're striving to do your best.

Thomas, Kurt

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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

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

Browning, Robert

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In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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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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Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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

Carlyle, Thomas