Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Proverb, French

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Kissinger, Henry

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

Dewey, John

Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Said the Cat. I don't much care where --Said Alice. Then it doesn't matter which way you go, said the Cat.

Carroll, Lewis

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.

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

Ruskin, John

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

Berra, Yogi

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

Carlson, Curtis

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

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

DeFrantz, Anita

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If one were to take that goal out of out of its religious form and look merely at its purely human side, one might state it perhaps thus: free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of all mankind.

Einstein, Albert

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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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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 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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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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

Winfrey, Oprah

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

Louis Pasteur

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Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

19.

We didn't get great goals. We just scored no-fear goals. Heart goals.

Pilon, Rich

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In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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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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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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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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Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.

Kathleen Norris

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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

Brown, Les

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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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

Reed, Scott

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

Patton, George S.

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

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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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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

J.K. Rowling

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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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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 help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter.

Carroll, Lewis

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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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My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose -- somehow we win out

Reagan, Ronald

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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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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

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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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Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

Ash, Mary Kay

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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre