Motivational Quotes

Goals

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

- Publilius Syrus

Best Quotes about Goals

The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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

Seneca

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals -- that is, goals that do not inspire them.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

J.K. Rowling

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

Dewey, John

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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The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.

Bristol, Claude M.

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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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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

13.

We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

Maxwell Maltz

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

Proverb, English

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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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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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It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.

Arnold Toynbee

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It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

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

Proverb, French

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

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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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.

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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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From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Kafka, Franz

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

Thomas, Paul G.

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

Laurence, Peter

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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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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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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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

Kempis, Thomas

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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

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

Patton, George S.

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Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them. You're eagles! Stretch your wings and fly to the sky.

McNair, Ronald