Quotes about goals

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

Kempis, Thomas on goals
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"If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere."

Kissinger, Henry on goals   

"Often the search proves more profitable than the goal."

Konigsburg, E. L. on goals   

"You have to set new goals every day."

Krone, Julie on goals   

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

Kuhn, Maggie on goals   

"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 on goals   

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

Lake, Ricki on goals   

"You cannot do a goal. Long-term planning and goal-setting must therefore be complemented by short-term planning. This kind of planning requires specifying activities. You can do an activity. Activities are steps along the way to a goal. Let's say you desire security. Putting $10.00 in the bank or talking to your stockbroker about your investment plans are activities that will move you toward your goal."

Lakein, Alan on goals   

"People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend."

Landor, Walter Savage on goals   

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

Laurence, Peter on goals   

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

Lee, Bruce on 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 on goals   

"When you determined what you want, you have made the most important decision of your life. You have to know what you want in order to attain it."

Lurtan, Douglas on goals   

"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 on goals   

"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. on goals   

"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. on goals   

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

Mcdonald, John on 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 on goals   

"There is no achievement without goals."

Mckain, Robert J. on goals
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"Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them. You're eagles! Stretch your wings and fly to the sky."

McNair, Ronald on goals   

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

Menander of Athens on goals   

"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 on goals   

"No wind favors him who has no destined port."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on goals
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"No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on goals
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"In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might."

Montapert, Alfred A. on goals   

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

Morgan, John Pierpont on goals   

"Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success."

Munger, Thornton T. on goals   

"All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord."

Nightingale, Earl on goals
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"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going."

Nightingale, Earl on goals
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"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 on goals
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"The big thing is that you know what you want."

Nightingale, Earl on goals   

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

Noble, Charles C. on goals   

"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 on goals   

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

Otto, Herbert A. on goals   

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

Pasteur, Louis on goals   

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

Patton, George S. on goals   

"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) on goals
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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 on goals   

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

Pilon, Rich on goals   

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

Prior, Matthew on goals
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