Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Goals

The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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

Noble, Charles C.

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

Carroll, Lewis

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

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

Carlson, Curtis

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.

Tracy, Brian

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Kafka, Franz

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

Proverb, English

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Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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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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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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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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You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

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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.

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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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Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.

Schwartz, David J.

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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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Decide what you want and write your goals. Then convert your goals into positive, present tense statements called affirmations. Affirm your goals each day until they become part of your subconscious mechanism.

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

Friedsam, Michael

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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 major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Rohn, Jim

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Caddy, Eileen

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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

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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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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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

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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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

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There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

Swetchine, Anne Sophie

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

Josefowitz, Natasha

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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

Berra, Yogi

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Until input thought is linked to a goal purpose there can be no intelligent accomplishment.

Thomas, Paul G.

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You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

Lee, Bruce

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

Austin, Tracy

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Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there. There are so few at the top it is almost lonely there.

Insull, Samuel

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

Proverb, French

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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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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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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

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It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb