Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Seneca

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Lake, Ricki

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

Robbins, Anthony

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)

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

Brown, Les

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

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

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

Prior, Matthew

I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal.

Carlson, Curtis

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

Reed, Scott

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

Seneca

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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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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

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A distracted existence leads us to no 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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If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

Kissinger, Henry

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

DeFrantz, Anita

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Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.

Kempis, Thomas

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

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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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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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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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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

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

Dewey, John

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There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.

Caine, Mark

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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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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

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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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The only way to reach your long range goals is through achieving your short range objectives.

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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

Menander of Athens

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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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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Caddy, Eileen

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Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.

Bono, Edward De

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

Demille, Nelson

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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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Without a goal to work toward, we will not get there.

Josefowitz, Natasha

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In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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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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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