Motivational Quotes

Goals

It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

- Christina, Queen

Best Quotes about Goals

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

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

Patton, George S.

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

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!

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

Walsh, Basil S.

You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.

Laurence, Peter

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

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

Friedsam, Michael

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

Mcdonald, John

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Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Konigsburg, E. L.

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

Proverb, English

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Goals determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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

Thomas, Paul G.

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

Seneca

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

Otto, Herbert A.

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The most important thing about goals is having one.

Abert, Geoffrey F.

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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Gide, Andre

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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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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

Rockefeller, John D.

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

Pilon, Rich

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

Winfrey, Oprah

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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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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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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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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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You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination.

Stone, W. Clement

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

Publilius Syrus

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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

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Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.

Oprah Winfrey

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It is better to finish something than begin.

Proverb

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In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.

Glasgow, Arnold H.

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An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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You cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific.

Ziglar, Zig

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The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.

Collier, Robert

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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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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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Everyone has a success mechanism and a failure mechanism. The failure mechanism goes off by itself. The success mechanism only goes off with a goal. Every time we write down and talk about a goal we push the button to start the success mechanism.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

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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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Goals should be SMART: S = Specific M = Measurable A = Assignable (who does what) R = Realistic T = Time-Related

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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