Quotes About Goal-setting

You need to shoot to score the goal. If it goes wide, you just need to keep going and keep your head up.

When I was ten, I wrote an essay on what I would be when I grew up and said I would be a professional soccer player and a comedian in off season.

For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline.

Tennis is a great platform for me to do well, and for sure, I want to be No 1, to win Slams, but there are more things that I want to do.

Running is a great metaphor for life. You set a goal, and then you get to work. How well you do is a direct reflection of how hard you work. It's a mental game, too. There are setbacks along the way, but the true test of a runner is how you overcome and push past them.

The secret to making decisions is to ask questions and use templates to work on the answers. To think outside the box, remember to S.C.A.M.P.E.R by Substituting, Combining, Adapting, Modifying, Purposing, and Eliminating. And ensure you are setting S.M.A.R.T. goals which are Specific, Measurable, Action-Oriented, Relevant, and Time-Bound.

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.

Wanting is the beginning of getting.' Vincent said that often. "Then why don't people get things?" Asked Lovejoy. "Because they don't want hard enough." Certainly no one could have accused Vincent or Lovejoy of that.

When we know our own strength, we shall the better know what to undertake with hopes of success.

Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.

Everyone visualizes whether he knows it or not. Visualizing is the great secret of success.

By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own.

It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.

There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.

When success finds you, it's because you were looking for it.

To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as winning and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

Firmness of purpose is one of the best instruments of success.

To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.

Part of success is preparation on purpose.

If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

What you concentrate on largely determines the quality and quantity of the results that you get and the success that you enjoy.

On the road to success, even little stones may cause you fall down! If you are not serious and careful, forget about reaching your target!