Motivational Quotes

Goals

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

- Seneca

Best Quotes about Goals

You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Rohn, Jim

You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.

Noble, Charles C.

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

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

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

Louis Pasteur

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

Friedsam, Michael

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

To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.

Austin, Tracy

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A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way.

Mcdonald, John

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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

12.

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

Reed, Scott

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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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Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

Aristotle

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Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Publilius Syrus

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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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Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant's into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don't just think it -- ink it!

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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.

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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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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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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

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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

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

Menander of Athens

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There is no achievement without goals.

Mckain, Robert J.

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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Hill, Napoleon

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If you don't care where you're going any road will get you there

33.

Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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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

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You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

Lee, Bruce

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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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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

Rohn, Jim

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Carroll, Lewis

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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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

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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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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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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

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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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People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals -- that is, goals that do not inspire them.

Robbins, Anthony