Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Kempis, Thomas

Best Quotes about Goals

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

Dewey, John

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

Schuller, Robert H.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Patton, George S.

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

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

Brown, Les

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

Josefowitz, Natasha

Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level neither too low nor too high.

Norman, Greg

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.

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 goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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

Brown, Les

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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical.

Brown, Les

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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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Decide what you want and write your goals. Then convert your goals into positive, present tense statements called affirmations. Affirm your goals each day until they become part of your subconscious mechanism.

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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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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

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

Dodson, Fitzhugh

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

Berra, Yogi

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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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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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Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.

Waitley, Denis

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Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

Robbins, Anthony

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Nightingale, Earl

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

Proverb, French

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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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You get what you set out to do.

Hanson, John

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

Friedsam, Michael

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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Reed, Scott

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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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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

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As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.