Motivational Quotes

Goals

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)

Best Quotes about 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

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

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

Berra, Yogi

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

Rockefeller, John D.

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

Nightingale, Earl

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.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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

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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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Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.

Prior, Matthew

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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

Dewey, John

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

Winfrey, Oprah

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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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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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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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Everyone has a success mechanism and a failure mechanism. The failure mechanism goes off by itself. The success mechanism only goes off with a goal. Every time we write down and talk about a goal we push the button to start the success mechanism.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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You get what you set out to do.

Hanson, John

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Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

J.K. Rowling

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

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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

Austin, Tracy

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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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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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Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.

Brown, Les

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

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

Mcdonald, John

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

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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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First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

Aristotle

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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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

Caddy, Eileen

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It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspirations and valuations.

Einstein, Albert

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

Friedsam, Michael

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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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The most important thing about goals is having one.