Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

Best Quotes about Goals

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)

We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

Maxwell Maltz

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

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.

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

All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.

Nightingale, Earl

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

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

Schwartz, David J.

Decide what you want and write your goals. Then convert your goals into positive, present tense statements called affirmations. Affirm your goals each day until they become part of your subconscious mechanism.

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

Rockefeller, John D.

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To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.

Austin, Tracy

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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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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If you don't care where you're going any road will get you there

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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

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

Kempis, Thomas

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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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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 reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.

Denis Watley

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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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Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them. You're eagles! Stretch your wings and fly to the sky.

McNair, Ronald

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

Brown, Les

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

DeFrantz, Anita

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

Friedsam, Michael

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, changes one frame of mind and for the moment realizes itself.

Jamieson, Mrs.

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

Josefowitz, Natasha

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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 don't know where you are going. How can you expect to get there?

Walsh, Basil S.

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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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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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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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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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You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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

Caddy, Eileen

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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