Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Demille, Nelson

Best Quotes about Goals

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

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.

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

In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.

Glasgow, Arnold H.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Kafka, Franz

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

We didn't get great goals. We just scored no-fear goals. Heart goals.

Pilon, Rich

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

Laurence, Peter

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

Jackson, Bo

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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

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

Robert Heinlein

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

Austin, Tracy

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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Carroll, Lewis

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

Prior, Matthew

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

Reed, Scott

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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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A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

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The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.

Bristol, Claude M.

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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Knowing where you're going is all you need to get there.

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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

Proverb, English

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

Seneca

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

Josefowitz, Natasha

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

Seneca

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In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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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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Setting an exciting goal is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point-its ideal. And it will faithfully guide you there through the darkest nights and fiercest storms.

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

41.

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

Rockefeller, John D.

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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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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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

Maxwell Maltz

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.

Collier, Robert

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Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.