Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Best Quotes about Goals

A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Mcdonald, John

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

Demille, Nelson

Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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

Insull, Samuel

Everyone has a success mechanism and a failure mechanism. The failure mechanism goes off by itself. The success mechanism only goes off with a goal. Every time we write down and talk about a goal we push the button to start the success mechanism.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Walsh, Basil S.

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

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

Austin, Tracy

11.

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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You will now have a starting place and a destination, and you will be able to determine what it will cost you to get there. You will be going someplace.

Judd, H. Stanley

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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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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.

Anderson, Greg

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

Kempis, Thomas

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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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A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

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

Maxwell Maltz

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

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It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

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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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You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

Lee, Bruce

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

Reed, Scott

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

Aristotle

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Seneca

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

37.

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

Friedsam, Michael

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The goals you set for yourself and the strategies you choose become your blueprint or plan. Strategies are like recipes: choose the right ingredients, mix them in the correct proportions, and you will always produce the same predictable results: in this case financial success. The success strategies for managing money and building wealth are called Money Strategies. By learning to use money strategies as a part of your day-to-day life, financial frustration and failure will become a thing of the past.

Givens, Charles J.

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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 person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

Mille, Cecil B. De

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

Pasteur, Louis

42.

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

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You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.

Noble, Charles C.

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You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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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)

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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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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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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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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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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.