Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Seneca

Best Quotes about Goals

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Hill, Napoleon

I've surpassed any goal I set for myself as far as my body, my career, and getting married.

Lake, Ricki

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

Seneca

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

Noble, Charles C.

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

Jackson, Bo

Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50 feet, then split first arrow with the second. Would it be possible for you to shoot better than him? YES, if he were blindfolded! How can you hit a target you can't see? Even worse, how can you hit a target you don't even have!? You need to have GOALS in your life!

Ziglar, Zig

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

Laurence, Peter

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

Robert Heinlein

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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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

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Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

J.K. Rowling

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

Proverb, French

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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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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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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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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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Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal.

Nightingale, Earl

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Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

Brennan, Stephen A.

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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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Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.

Schuller, Robert H.

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Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there. There are so few at the top it is almost lonely there.

Insull, Samuel

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

Robbins, Anthony

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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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

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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A man has to have goals- for a day, for a lifetime- that was mine, to have people say, There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.

Williams, Ted

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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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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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If I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I'm going to succeed.

Dierdorf, Dan

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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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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart

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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

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It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

Christina, Queen

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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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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's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's heaven for?

Browning, Robert

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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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Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.

Kathleen Norris

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In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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A salesman must also have flexible goals. You may say, I want to sell 10 accounts this week, and you sell five. You're ready to die. But, you tell yourself, Five isn't too bad. You know, next week maybe I'll sell 10.

Carlson, Curtis