Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Insull, Samuel

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Jackson, Bo

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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

If I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I'm going to succeed.

Dierdorf, Dan

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

Pasteur, Louis

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

Seneca

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

10.

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

Caddy, Eileen

11.

A man has to have goals- for a day, for a lifetime- that was mine, to have people say, There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.

Williams, Ted

12.

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

Schwartz, David J.

14.

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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In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.

Robert Heinlein

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

Mcdonald, John

19.

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

20.

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

21.

There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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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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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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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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Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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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

31.

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

Lee, Bruce

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

33.

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

Thomas, Paul G.

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

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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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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

40.

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

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Christina, Queen

43.

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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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

45.

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

Austin, Tracy

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

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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