Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Morgan, John Pierpont

Best Quotes about Goals

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.

Always have some project underway an ongoing project that goes over from day to day and thus makes each day a small unit of time.

Troll, Lillian

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose -- somehow we win out

Reagan, Ronald

If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.

Laurence, Peter

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

Berra, Yogi

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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

Patton, George S.

A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's heaven for?

Browning, Robert

Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant's into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don't just think it -- ink it!

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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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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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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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Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.

Dodson, Fitzhugh

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This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything.

Reed, Scott

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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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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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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

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

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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Jackson, Bo

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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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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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Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight.

DeFrantz, Anita

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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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

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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 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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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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A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Kuhn, Maggie

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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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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People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Always have something ahead of you to look forward to -- to work for and hope for.

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Carroll, Lewis

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Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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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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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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If you don't know where you are going. How can you expect to get there?

Walsh, Basil S.

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You may not accomplish every goal you set -- no one does -- but what really matters is having goals and going after them wholeheartedly.

Brown, Les

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In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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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.