Motivational Quotes

Goals

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Goals

Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Unless you have some goals, I don't think there's any way to get above the pack. My vision was always well beyond what I had any reason to expect.

Fuqua, John

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

You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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

A salesman must also have flexible goals. You may say, I want to sell 10 accounts this week, and you sell five. You're ready to die. But, you tell yourself, Five isn't too bad. You know, next week maybe I'll sell 10.

Carlson, Curtis

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

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

Carlson, Curtis

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

Seneca

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

Ziglar, Zig

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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

Kissinger, Henry

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

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

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It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is a sin

Mayes, Benjamin E.

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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

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Robbins, Anthony

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In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.

Thoreau, Henry David

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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

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What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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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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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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

Brown, Les

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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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There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Setting an exciting goal is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point-its ideal. And it will faithfully guide you there through the darkest nights and fiercest storms.

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

Friedsam, Michael

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

Caddy, Eileen