Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Pasteur, Louis

Best Quotes about Goals

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

The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.

Menander of Athens

What three things do you want to accomplish this year? Write them down and place them on your refrigerator for inspiration all year long.

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.

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

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

Robert Heinlein

Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal.

Nightingale, Earl

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

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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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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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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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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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 until the goal is reached. The key is action.

Hanson, Michael

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In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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

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It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

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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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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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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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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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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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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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No wind is of service to him that is bound for nowhere.

Proverb, French

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

Seneca

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

Carlson, Curtis

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

Pasteur, Louis

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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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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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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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Many a person who started out to conquer the world in shining army has ended up just getting along. The horse got tired, the army rusty. The goal was removed and unsure.

Cook, Robert A.

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

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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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Without a goal to work toward, we will not get there.

Josefowitz, Natasha

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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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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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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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I've surpassed any goal I set for myself as far as my body, my career, and getting married.

Lake, Ricki

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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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A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

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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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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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The goals you set for yourself and the strategies you choose become your blueprint or plan. Strategies are like recipes: choose the right ingredients, mix them in the correct proportions, and you will always produce the same predictable results: in this case financial success. The success strategies for managing money and building wealth are called Money Strategies. By learning to use money strategies as a part of your day-to-day life, financial frustration and failure will become a thing of the past.

Givens, Charles J.

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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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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 determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius