Motivational Quotes

Goals

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

- Robbins, Anthony

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Menander of Athens

You return and again take the proper course, guided by what? -- By the picture in mind of the place you are headed for...

Mcdonald, John

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.

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

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

Reed, Scott

It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

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

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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Prior, Matthew

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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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In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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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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You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.

Noble, Charles C.

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

Pilon, Rich

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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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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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

Pasteur, Louis

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Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Robbins, Anthony

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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

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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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Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

J.K. Rowling

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

DeFrantz, Anita

31.

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

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

Rockefeller, John D.

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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 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

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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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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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People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Always have something ahead of you to look forward to -- to work for and hope for.

Maltz, Maxwell

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

Caddy, Eileen

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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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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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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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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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It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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You will now have a starting place and a destination, and you will be able to determine what it will cost you to get there. You will be going someplace.

Judd, H. Stanley

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Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

Ross, Diana

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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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