Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Reed, Scott

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

Kuhn, Maggie

A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.

Dodson, Fitzhugh

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.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

Mille, Cecil B. De

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

Austin, Tracy

We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better road maps.

Demille, Nelson

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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

11.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.

Waitley, Denis

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight.

DeFrantz, Anita

15.

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

Maxwell Maltz

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You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific.

Ziglar, Zig

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

Winfrey, Oprah

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

20.

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

Kissinger, Henry

21.

If you don't know where you are going. How can you expect to get there?

Walsh, Basil S.

22.

Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

23.

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.

24.

All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

26.

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

Laurence, Peter

27.

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

Seneca

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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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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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To be come fully alive a person must have goals and aims that transcend himself.

Otto, Herbert A.

32.

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

Johnson, Percy H.

33.

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

Louis Pasteur

34.

You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination.

Stone, W. Clement

35.

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

Thomas, Paul G.

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A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

37.

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

38.

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

Proverb, English

41.

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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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

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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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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Dewey, John

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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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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Menander of Athens