Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

Best Quotes about Goals

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

Seneca

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

Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

J.K. Rowling

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

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

Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.

Kempis, Thomas

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

The only way to reach your long range goals is through achieving your short range objectives.

Many a person who started out to conquer the world in shining army has ended up just getting along. The horse got tired, the army rusty. The goal was removed and unsure.

Cook, Robert A.

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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 soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.

Caddy, Eileen

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A distracted existence leads us to no goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

Nightingale, Earl

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

Seneca

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It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

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

Proverb, English

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You can plant a dream.

Campbell, Anne

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The big thing is that you know what you want.

Nightingale, Earl

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I've surpassed any goal I set for myself as far as my body, my career, and getting married.

Lake, Ricki

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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

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

Schwartz, David J.

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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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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

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You are not likely to get anywhere in particular if you don't know where you want to go.

Johnson, Percy H.

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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.

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

Proverb, French

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Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.

Schuller, Robert H.

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A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Carroll, Lewis

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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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The most important thing you can do to achieve your goals is to make sure that as soon as you set them, you immediately begin to create momentum. The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man who taught me to first write down the goal, and then to never leave the site of setting a goal without firs taking some form of positive action toward its attainment.

Robbins, Anthony

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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better road maps.

Demille, Nelson

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