Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Robert Heinlein

Best Quotes about Goals

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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

Robbins, Anthony

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

Brown, Les

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.

Oprah Winfrey

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

Stone, W. Clement

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

Seneca

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

Ziglar, Zig

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.

Zaharias, Babe Didrikson

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

Jackson, Bo

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

Dodson, Fitzhugh

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

Rockefeller, John D.

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

Prior, Matthew

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

Robbins, Anthony

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Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant's into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don't just think it -- ink it!

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere. There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid towards your goals.

Stein, Ben

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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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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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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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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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

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

Proverb, French

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A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Kissinger, Henry

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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 till the goal is reached. The key is action.

Michael Hanson

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

Proverb, English

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

Reed, Scott

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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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

Friedsam, Michael

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Laurence, Peter

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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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Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.

Schwartz, David J.

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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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A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way.

Mcdonald, John

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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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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It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

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A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig