Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Until input thought is linked to a goal purpose there can be no intelligent accomplishment.

Thomas, Paul G.

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

Josefowitz, Natasha

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

Louis Pasteur

It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

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

To be come fully alive a person must have goals and aims that transcend himself.

Otto, Herbert A.

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Foch, Ferdinand

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

Brown, Les

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It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is a sin

Mayes, Benjamin E.

11.

You get what you set out to do.

Hanson, John

12.

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

Morgan, John Pierpont

13.

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

Pasteur, Louis

14.

Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal.

Nightingale, Earl

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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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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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Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.

Prior, Matthew

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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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A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Ziglar, Zig

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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

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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.

24.

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

Publilius Syrus

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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

27.

The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

28.

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

Insull, Samuel

29.

The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.

Bristol, Claude M.

30.

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 most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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

Pilon, Rich

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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

35.

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

DeFrantz, Anita

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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

37.

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

Robbins, Anthony

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Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Young, Edward

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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

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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

41.

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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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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

44.

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

Austin, Tracy

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

46.

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

Reed, Scott

47.

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.

48.

If I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I'm going to succeed.

Dierdorf, Dan

49.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Kafka, Franz

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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