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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON GOALS 3
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.
Alfred A. Montapert (American author)
The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.
John Morley (1838-1923, British journalist, biographer, statesman)
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.
Thornton T. Munger (American scientist)
All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.
Earl Nightingale (1921-1989, American radio announcer, author, motivator, speaker)
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Earl Nightingale (1921-1989, American radio announcer, author, motivator, speaker)
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.
Earl Nightingale (1921-1989, American radio announcer, author, motivator, speaker)
The big thing is that you know what you want.
Earl Nightingale (1921-1989, American radio announcer, author, motivator, speaker)
He who serves two masters has to lie to one.
Portuguese Proverb (Sayings of Portuguese origin)
Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level neither too low nor too high.
Greg Norman (1955-, Australian golfer)
Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.
Jessye Norman
Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead.... You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.
Kathleen Norris (1880-1966, American novelist)
If ambition doesn't hurt you, you haven't got it.
Kathleen Norris (1880-1966, American novelist)
Before you can score, you must first have a goal.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
The goat that has many owners will be left to die in the sun.
Haitian Proverb (Sayings of Haitian origin)
A determinate purpose of life, and steady adhesion to it through all disadvantages, are indispensable conditions of success.
William M. Punshon
Your current situation is no indication of your ultimate potential!
Anthony Robbins (1960-, American author, speaker, peak performance expert, coach) Author's website: www.anthonyrobbins.com
To be come fully alive a person must have goals and aims that transcend himself.
Herbert A. Otto
The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that ... women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves.
Louise Otto
Laboring toward distant aims sets the mind in a higher key, and puts us at our best.
Charles H. Parkhurst (1842-1933, American clergyman, reformer)
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal, My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895, French scientist who developed pasteurization)
Life has... taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors. She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
Alan Paton
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
George S. Patton (1885-1945, American army general during World War II)
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.
J. C. (James Cash) Penney (1875-1971, American retailer, philanthropist, founder JC Penny's)
We didn't get great goals. We just scored no-fear goals. Heart goals.
Rich Pilon (1968-, Canadian hockey player)
What you pursue, you don't get. But what you allow to grow slowly in its own way, comes to you.
Rabbi Pinhas
Those who commence deliberately. They plod on. They stick to it. They persevere and finally reap their rewards.
Charles E. Popplestone
A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.
John Powell
Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
Matthew Prior (1664-1721, British diplomat, poet)
Take heed you do not find what you do not seek.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
No wind is of service to him that is bound for nowhere.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
Set your sail according to the wind.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
If you would be Pope, you must think of nothing else.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
Much pleasure and little grief is every man's desire.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
When you enter a great enterprise, free your soul from weakness.
Ukrainian Proverb
Nothing is too difficult you only need to know how
Yiddish Proverb (Sayings of Yiddish origin)
This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything.
Scott Reed
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.
Anthony Robbins (1960-, American author, speaker, peak performance expert, coach) Author's website: www.anthonyrobbins.com
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals -- that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Anthony Robbins (1960-, American author, speaker, peak performance expert, coach) Author's website: www.anthonyrobbins.com
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 first taking some form of positive action toward its attainment.
Anthony Robbins (1960-, American author, speaker, peak performance expert, coach) Author's website: www.anthonyrobbins.com
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937, American industrialist, philanthropist, founder Exxon)
Make measurable progress in reasonable time.
Jim Rohn (American businessman, author, speaker, philosopher) Author's website: www.jimrohn.com
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.
Jim Rohn (American businessman, author, speaker, philosopher) Author's website: www.jimrohn.com
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.
Diana Ross (1944-, American singer, actress)
You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.
Don Shula (1930-, American football coach)
It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.
John Ruskin (1819-1900, British critic, social theorist)
Life has a meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1900-1944, French aviator, writer)
There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere.
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967, American poet)
There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere.
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967, American poet)
A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood.
David Sarnoff (1891-1971, Belarus-born American entrepreneur)
Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller (1759-1805, German dramatist, poet, historian)
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Robert H. Schuller (1926-, American minister, author, social leader)
Know what you want to do-then do it. Make straight for your goal and go undefeated in spirit to the end.
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Goals are as essential to success as air is to life.
David J. Schwartz (American trainer, author of "The Magic of Thinking Big")
Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.
David J. Schwartz (American trainer, author of "The Magic of Thinking Big")
When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.
Thomas Scott
You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can't catch a fish if you don't put your line in the water. You can't reach your goals if you don't try.
Kathy Seligman
If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
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.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950, Irish-born British dramatist)
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.
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946, Anglo-American essayist, aphorist)
What most counts is not to live, but to live aright.
Socrates (BC 469-399, Greek philosopher of Athens)
There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere. There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid towards your goals.
Ben Stein (1944-, American professor, writer)
I love the challenge of starting at zero every day and seeing how much I can accomplish.
Martha Stewart
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1895, Scottish essayist, poet, novelist)
An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1895, Scottish essayist, poet, novelist)
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.
W. Clement Stone (1902-2002, American businessman, author, founder of Combined Insurance Companies)
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination.
W. Clement Stone (1902-2002, American businessman, author, founder of Combined Insurance Companies)
Growth is not concerned with itself.
Meridel Le Sueur
You seldom get what you go after unless you know in advance what you want.
Maurice Switzer
Since we must all die sooner or later, let us enjoy life while we can!
Otoma no Tabito
I care not what your education is, elaborate or nothing, what your mental calibre is, great or small, that man who concentrates all his energies of body, mind and soul in one direction is a tremendous man.
DeWitt T. Talmage
To the lack of incentive to effort, which is the awful shadow under which we live, may be traced the wreck and ruin of scores of colored youth.
Mary Church Terrell
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Matthew 6:24
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.
Kurt Thomas (1956-, American gymnast)
Until input thought is linked to a goal purpose there can be no intelligent accomplishment.
Paul G. Thomas
In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
Allow yourself to dream and fantasize about your ideal life; what it would look like, and what it would feel like. Then do something everyday to make it a reality!
Brian Tracy (1944-, Canadian-born American trainer, speaker, author, businessman) Author's website: www.briantracy.com
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.
Brian Tracy (1944-, Canadian-born American trainer, speaker, author, businessman) Author's website: www.briantracy.com
What have you done today to help you reach your lifelong goals?
Brian Tracy (1944-, Canadian-born American trainer, speaker, author, businessman) Author's website: www.briantracy.com
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.
Lillian Troll (American doctor)
Think BIG! You are going to be thinking anyway, so think BIG!
Donald Trump (1946-, American businessman, actor)
I have certain objectives, and I'm going to fulfill them.
Mike Tyson (1966-, American boxer)
Approach the start of each day with something in mind and end the day with one word, "DONE."
Author Unknown
Climb high, climb far, your goal the sky, your aim the stars.
Author Unknown
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.
Author Unknown
Goals should be SMART: S = Specific M = Measurable A = Assignable (who does what) R = Realistic T = Time-Related
Author Unknown
Goals that are not written down are just wishes.
Author Unknown
Have an aim in life -- then don't forget to pull the trigger.
Author Unknown
Having a dream isn't stupid.... It's not having a dream that's stupid.
Author Unknown
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Author Unknown
It is better to finish something than begin.
Author Unknown
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.
Author Unknown
Of toiling, uncheered and alone, that wins us the prizes worth earning, and leads us to goals we would own.
Author Unknown
Put your goals in writing. If you can't put it on a sheet of paper, you probably can't do what it takes to achieve the goal.
Author Unknown
Reach for the moon. If you fall short at least you'll be among the stars.
Author Unknown
Set short term goals and you'll win games. Set long term goals and you'll win championships!
Author Unknown
Set your goals high enough to inspire you and low enough to encourage you.
Author Unknown
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.
Author Unknown
The only way to reach your long range goals is through achieving your short range objectives.
Author Unknown
What three things do you want to accomplish this year? Write them down and place them on your refrigerator for inspiration all year long.
Author Unknown
When things go wrong, don't go with them.
Author Unknown
Where are you going? What are you doing today to get there?
Author Unknown
Without a goal, discipline is nothing but self-punishment.
Author Unknown
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!
Author Unknown
You cannot have everything, but you can try.
Author Unknown
You'll never achieve your dreams if they don't become goals.
Author Unknown
Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan.
Author Unknown
A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter.... To me it is utterly basic, yet it seems like it's a great secret.
Leon Uris (1924-, American novelist)
If you have goals and procrastination you have nothing. If you have goals and you take action, you will have anything you want.
Thomas J. Vilord
I believe that you cannot go any further than you can think. I certainly believe if you don't desire a thing, you will never get it.
Charleszetta Waddles
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.
Denis Waitley (1933-, American author, speaker, trainer, peak performance expert) Author's website: www.deniswaitley.com
If you don't know where you are going. How can you expect to get there?
Basil S. Walsh
Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
The aim of life is self-development, to realize one's nature perfectly.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
A man has to have goals -- for a day, for a lifetime -- that was mine, to have people say, "There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived."
Ted Williams (1918-, American baseball player)
If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the Spirit.
Oprah Winfrey (1954-, American TV personality, producer, actress, author)
Those who build beneath the stars build too low.
Edward Young (1683-1765, British poet, dramatist)
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.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1924-1956, American athlete)
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.
Peter Nivio Zarlenga (American businessman, founder of Blockbuster Videos)
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Zig Ziglar (1926-, American sales trainer, author, motivational speaker) Author's website: www.zigziglar.com
Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50 feet, then split first arrow with the second. Would it be possible for you to shoot better than him? YES, if he were blindfolded! How can you hit a target you can't see? Even worse, how can you hit a target you don't even have!? You need to have GOALS in your life!
Zig Ziglar (1926-, American sales trainer, author, motivational speaker) Author's website: www.zigziglar.com
If you want to reach a goal, you must see yourself reaching it in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
Zig Ziglar (1926-, American sales trainer, author, motivational speaker) Author's website: www.zigziglar.com
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Zig Ziglar (1926-, American sales trainer, author, motivational speaker) Author's website: www.zigziglar.com
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