Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.

Kempis, Thomas

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

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

Robert Heinlein

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

To be come fully alive a person must have goals and aims that transcend himself.

Otto, Herbert A.

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

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

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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In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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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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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

Maxwell Maltz

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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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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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Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk.

Penney, J. C. (James Cash)

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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

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You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Patton, George S.

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

Proverb, English

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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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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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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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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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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

J.K. Rowling

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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

32.

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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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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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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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

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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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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.

Caine, Mark

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A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

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

Caddy, Eileen

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