Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Pasteur, Louis

Best Quotes about Goals

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

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

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.

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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

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

Dewey, John

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

Collier, Robert

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

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

Publilius Syrus

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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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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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.

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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

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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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To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action.

Michael Hanson

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To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action until the goal is reached. The key is action.

Hanson, Michael

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

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

Carlson, Curtis

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You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific.

Ziglar, Zig

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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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

Walsh, Basil S.

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

Laurence, Peter

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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

Kissinger, Henry

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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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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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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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A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's heaven for?

Browning, Robert

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

Seneca

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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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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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Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

Brennan, Stephen A.

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination.

Stone, W. Clement

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

Jackson, Bo

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It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.

Ruskin, John

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Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams.

Brown, Les

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In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspirations and valuations.

Einstein, Albert

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

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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Proverb, French

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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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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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

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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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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