Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Austin, Tracy

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Browning, Robert

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

What three things do you want to accomplish this year? Write them down and place them on your refrigerator for inspiration all year long.

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

Lake, Ricki

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

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

Prior, Matthew

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

Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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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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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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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Maxwell Maltz

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It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there.

Zarlenga, Peter Nivio

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People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Always have something ahead of you to look forward to -- to work for and hope for.

Maltz, Maxwell

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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

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Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.

Oprah Winfrey

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The capabilities of the human mind are enormous. There is usually no inherent reason you cannot accomplish whatever goal you set for yourself.

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

Reed, Scott

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Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

J.K. Rowling

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

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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 straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

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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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To be come fully alive a person must have goals and aims that transcend himself.

Otto, Herbert A.

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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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

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

Josefowitz, Natasha

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

Publilius Syrus

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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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

Proverb, French

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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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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In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Proverb, English

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

Berra, Yogi

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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