Motivational Quotes

Goals

You get what you set out to do.

- Hanson, John

Best Quotes about Goals

A salesman must also have flexible goals. You may say, I want to sell 10 accounts this week, and you sell five. You're ready to die. But, you tell yourself, Five isn't too bad. You know, next week maybe I'll sell 10.

Carlson, Curtis

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

Prior, Matthew

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

DeFrantz, Anita

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

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.

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

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

Dodson, Fitzhugh

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

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

Robert Heinlein

10.

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

11.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

12.

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

13.

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

Kissinger, Henry

14.

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

Kafka, Franz

15.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

16.

Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

17.

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

18.

You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

19.

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

20.

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

21.

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

22.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

23.

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

24.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Robbins, Anthony

25.

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.

26.

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

27.

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

28.

You get what you set out to do.

Hanson, John

29.

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

Schwartz, David J.

30.

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

31.

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

32.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

33.

No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

34.

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.

35.

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the Spirit.

Winfrey, Oprah

36.

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

37.

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.

38.

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

39.

Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

40.

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

Nightingale, Earl

41.

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

Thomas, Paul G.

42.

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

43.

Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

44.

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

Josefowitz, Natasha

45.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

46.

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.

47.

You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

48.

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

Nightingale, Earl

49.

The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.

Menander of Athens

50.

Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.