Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Patton, George S.

Best Quotes about Goals

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Carroll, Lewis

It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.

Arnold Toynbee

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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

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

Robert Heinlein

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

Berra, Yogi

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

Brown, Les

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

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

10.

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.

11.

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

Browning, Robert

12.

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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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Take heed you do not find what you do not seek.

Proverb, English

16.

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

17.

What three things do you want to accomplish this year? Write them down and place them on your refrigerator for inspiration all year long.

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

Publilius Syrus

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

20.

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

21.

There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

22.

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

Walsh, Basil S.

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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.

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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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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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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

28.

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

Reed, Scott

29.

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

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

Morgan, John Pierpont

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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

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

DeFrantz, Anita

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

Insull, Samuel

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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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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

39.

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

Brown, Les

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

Brown, Les

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Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

J.K. Rowling

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

Brown, Les

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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

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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Schwartz, David J.