Quotes about goals

"It is better to finish something than begin."

Proverb on goals   

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

Proverb, English on goals   

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

Proverb, French on 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 on goals   

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

Reed, Scott on goals   

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

Robbins, Anthony on goals   

"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 on goals   

"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 on goals   

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

Robbins, Anthony on goals   

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

Rockefeller, John D. on goals
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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 on goals   

"Make measurable progress in reasonable time."

Rohn, Jim on goals
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"Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then."

Ross, Diana on goals   

"It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work."

Ruskin, John on goals   

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

Schuller, Robert H. on goals   

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

Schwartz, David J. on goals
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"When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone."

Scott, Thomas on goals   

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

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

Seneca on goals
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"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind."

Seneca on goals   

"There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second."

Smith, Logan Pearsall on goals
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"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 on goals   

"An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding."

Stevenson, Robert Louis on goals
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"To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach."

Stone, W. Clement on goals   

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

Stone, W. Clement on goals   

"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 on goals   

"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 on goals   

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

Thomas, Paul G. on goals   

"In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high."

Thoreau, Henry David on goals
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"Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into."

Tracy, Brian on goals   

"Always have some project underway an ongoing project that goes over from day to day and thus makes each day a small unit of time."

Troll, Lillian on goals   

"Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan."

Unknown, Source on goals   

"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!"

Unknown, Source on goals   

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

Unknown, Source on goals   

"Of toiling, uncheered and alone, That wins us the prizes worth earning, and leads us to goals we would own."

Unknown, Source on goals   

"Goals that are not written down are just wishes."

Unknown, Source on goals   

"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."

Unknown, Source on goals   

"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."

Unknown, Source on goals   

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

Unknown, Source on goals   

"If you don't care where you're going any road will get you there"

Unknown, Source on goals