Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Seneca

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Proverb, French

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

Thomas, Paul G.

You get what you set out to do.

Hanson, John

It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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)

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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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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A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

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

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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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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Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.

Brown, Les

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

Jackson, Bo

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

Nightingale, Earl

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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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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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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Johnson, Percy H.

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

Proverb, English

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

Brown, Les

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You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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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

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Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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

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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Prior, Matthew

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If one were to take that goal out of out of its religious form and look merely at its purely human side, one might state it perhaps thus: free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of all mankind.

Einstein, Albert

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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