Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Demille, Nelson

Best Quotes about Goals

One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Kafka, Franz

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

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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

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

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

Carlson, Curtis

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

A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way.

Mcdonald, John

10.

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.

11.

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are means to mobilize the resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

Drucker, Peter F.

12.

Until input thought is linked to a goal purpose there can be no intelligent accomplishment.

Thomas, Paul G.

13.

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

14.

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Kuhn, Maggie

15.

Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.

Dodson, Fitzhugh

16.

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

Brown, Les

17.

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

18.

I learned that, before you reach an objective, you must be ready with a new one, and you must start to communicate it to the organization. But it is not the goal itself that is important.

Carlzon, Jan

19.

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

Seneca

20.

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

Seneca

21.

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

Publilius Syrus

22.

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

23.

There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

24.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal, My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Pasteur, Louis

25.

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

26.

Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

27.

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

28.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

29.

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!

30.

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

32.

There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere. There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid towards your goals.

Stein, Ben

33.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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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.

35.

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

Maxwell Maltz

36.

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

38.

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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People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals -- that is, goals that do not inspire them.

Robbins, Anthony

40.

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.

41.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

42.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Demille, Nelson

44.

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

Insull, Samuel

45.

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

46.

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

Brown, Les

47.

Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

Aristotle

48.

The most important thing you can do to achieve your goals is to make sure that as soon as you set them, you immediately begin to create momentum. The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man who taught me to first write down the goal, and then to never leave the site of setting a goal without firs taking some form of positive action toward its attainment.

Robbins, Anthony

49.

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

50.

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