Motivational Quotes

Goals

No wind favors him who has no destined port.

- Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Seneca

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

Brown, Les

You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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

Proverb, English

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

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

Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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

Thomas, Paul G.

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Kuhn, Maggie

10.

You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

11.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

12.

There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere. There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid towards your goals.

Stein, Ben

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Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

Aristotle

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Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.

Zaharias, Babe Didrikson

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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.

Ruskin, John

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

Berra, Yogi

20.

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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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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We didn't get great goals. We just scored no-fear goals. Heart goals.

Pilon, Rich

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

Carroll, Lewis

27.

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

Schwartz, David J.

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Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.

Oprah Winfrey

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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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You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination.

Stone, W. Clement

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Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

Ross, Diana

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

Kempis, Thomas

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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

35.

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

Lee, Bruce

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

37.

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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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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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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If one were to take that goal out of out of its religious form and look merely at its purely human side, one might state it perhaps thus: free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of all mankind.

Einstein, Albert

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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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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 first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.

Collier, Robert

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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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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

Rockefeller, John D.

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

Friedsam, Michael

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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 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 goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

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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