Quotes About Goals

I feel like what motivates me is what would motivate the regular average person.

One of my motivations in life is to be a billionaire.

The changing of the goals helps keep the motivation fresh.

I have ideas in mind, things that I'm working toward. There have to be goals; there has to be a challenge. Just playing, in and of itself, is great. But there has to be some motivation to it.

Just looking when I was little at pictures of cars and houses that I wanted - it gives you a certain motivation, it gives you a goal.

My motivation wasn't really to get a $95 million contract, you know?

I didn't get into MMA because I wanted to be UFC champion. That wasn't my motivation.

It doesn't matter about the other team, when we have the ball and push hard, we can score goals. It is up to us to start the games with that desire, that motivation, and then we can get good results.

Good history is good story-telling. And good story-telling demands empathy; it requires understanding different actors, differing motivations, competing goals.

Each milestone is always special. I always like to set certain things for myself and try to achieve them. It gives you that extra little motivation as the year goes on.

To suggest that "society" can simply "arrange" better outcomes somehow, without specifying the processes, the costs or the risks, is to ignore the tragic history of the twentieth century, written in the blood of millions, killed in peacetime by their own governments that were given extraordinary powers in the name of lofty goals.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined.

To cheer myself up, I try to remember the difference between short-term and long-term success. Living a good life and making a real mark on society is a marathon, not a sprint.

The United Nations, for example, has embraced a series of ambitious "Sustainable Development Goals" for 2030. But development experts are starting to call attention to a problem: we often don't have the data we would need to figure out whether those goals have been met.

All beings begin their lives with hopes and aspirations. Among these aspirations is the desire that there will be a straight path to those goals. It is seldom so. Perhaps never.

A business plan is a campaign, a strategy, an outline of what you want to do and how you plan to do it. And you need to write one whether or not you are looking for finance.

I respect those most who do what I want to do least.

Goals without deadlines aren't goals; they're merely directions.

What do I really want for myself? What do I really want for others? What do I really want for the relationship?

Turning our will and our lives over to this power means living in accordance with what is true; it means acting out of compassion and kindness; pursuing our noblest goals; seeking truth in all things; it means striving for perfection of heart and mind while bowing to the truth of who we are, with all our imperfections and failings.

Show me your calendar and I will tell you your priorities. Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you where you're going.

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do.

When you make a plan to merge your real-life goals with your money, you may discover you have to overcome yourself more than anyone or anything else.

Most of us are so focused on the day-to-day struggles of life that we lose track of our long term goals. But then one day we look in the mirror and think, 'Who the hell is that?