Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Publilius Syrus

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Laurence, Peter

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

You are not likely to get anywhere in particular if you don't know where you want to go.

Johnson, Percy H.

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

Kafka, Franz

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

Proverb, French

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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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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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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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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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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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What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

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We didn't get great goals. We just scored no-fear goals. Heart goals.

Pilon, Rich

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

Menander of Athens

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

Proverb, English

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

Reed, Scott

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

Nightingale, Earl

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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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The more specific and measurable your goal, the more quickly you will be able to identify, locate, create, and implement the use of the necessary resources for its achievement.

Givens, Charles J.

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

Kuhn, Maggie

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

Seneca

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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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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

Louis Pasteur

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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.

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If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

Seneca

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

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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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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