Motivational Quotes

Goals

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

- Kempis, Thomas

Best Quotes about Goals

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

The capabilities of the human mind are enormous. There is usually no inherent reason you cannot accomplish whatever goal you set for yourself.

Mccarthy, Michael J.

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

Caddy, Eileen

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.

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

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Kuhn, Maggie

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

Schuller, Robert H.

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

Reed, Scott

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

Brown, Les

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We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

Maxwell Maltz

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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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Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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 care where you're going any road will get you there

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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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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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Set your goals high and don't stop until you get there.

Jackson, Bo

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You have to set new goals every day.

Krone, Julie

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

Seneca

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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 determine what you're going to be.

Erving, Julius

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What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart

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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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The more specific and measurable your goal, the more quickly you will be able to identify, locate, create, and implement the use of the necessary resources for its achievement.

Givens, Charles J.

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

Otto, Herbert A.

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

Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

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

Pilon, Rich

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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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Goals help you channel your energy into action.

Brown, Les

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Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

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

Patton, George S.

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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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No wind favors him who has no destined port.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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

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

Kempis, Thomas

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There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Rockefeller, John D.

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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