Quotes About Goal-setting

To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.

I'm a lover of lists and five-year plans and Excel spreadsheets. Any way that I can have any control over the direction my life is going, I gravitate towards that.

don't waste your precious life only dreaming, but not mental mapping

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

He who has a hundred miles to walk should reckon ninety as half the journey," he replied, quoting the proverb.

Yo, si algo deseo, no sueño, sino que actúo. Y siempre consigo aquello que deseo

And success in any endeavor where self-discipline is involved boils down to this question: can you make yourself do something you don't particularly want to do in order to get a result you would like to have?

When we set out to accomplish something without a specific, agreed upon result, that lack of a common target yields results that are unpredictable at best.

One gets to the place one wants to be the same way one got to the place one didn't want to be—by putting one foot in front of the other and moving in a specific direction.

We don't drift in good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.

The process of motivational interviewing can help you figure out what you want to change in your life, why you might change it, and, finally, how to make that change.

On a good day, when you have a clear plan, you are able to execute whatever you wanted.

If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work.

I'm trying to do big things. It doesn't matter whether it's on the field or off the field.

If you do not have an absolutely clear vision of something, where you can follow the light to the end of the tunnel, then it doesn't matter whether you're bold or cowardly, or whether you're stupid or intelligent. Doesn't get you anywhere.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.

My guiding principle and motivation was that I wanted to retire by the time I turned 35. There actually are two books that I bought and still have - Paul Terhost's 'Cashing In On the American Dream: How to Retire at 35' and Andrew Tobias's 'The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need' - that were my personal financial road map.

I don't think you can climb Mount Everest with a broken leg, but I did break my leg prior to going to Mount Everest, so I was really climbing with a healing broken leg. I had the good fortune of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. That was a goal that I had.

When I turned pro, it was one of my goals to get ranked in the top 50. I didn't really feel the pressure. I had some fear but at the same time I was happy to play tennis and playing stronger players.

I feel really productive. I'm very competitive with myself. I'm a scheduler. I'm always trying to keep everything together - I'm very OCD and very organized.

You have to adapt to different teams and different players, but you have try to maintain your discipline and score goals.

Football is one of the most popular sports in the country, and there are many reasons for this. You can take so much from football and apply it to life in general. Just some of those things are goal-setting, preparation, teamwork, perseverance and discipline.