Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Proverb, English

Best Quotes about Goals

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

Kissinger, Henry

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.

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

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

The most important thing you can do to achieve your goals is to make sure that as soon as you set them, you immediately begin to create momentum. The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man who taught me to first write down the goal, and then to never leave the site of setting a goal without firs taking some form of positive action toward its attainment.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Laurence, Peter

Setting an exciting goal is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point-its ideal. And it will faithfully guide you there through the darkest nights and fiercest storms.

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

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

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

Seneca

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

Brown, Les

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

Robert Heinlein

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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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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

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

Friedsam, Michael

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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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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

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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A man has to have goals- for a day, for a lifetime- that was mine, to have people say, There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.

Williams, Ted

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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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

Austin, Tracy

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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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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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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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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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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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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Reed, Scott

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Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Dewey, John

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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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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

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

Jackson, Bo

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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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Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams.