Quotes About Goals

Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.

Either you set your goals and, in doing so, have your life governed by choice or you do nothing and have your life governed by chance.

Hören Sie auf ihre Zeit managen zu wollen, sondern managen Sie vielmehr ihren Fokus.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. —HENRY DAVID THOREAU, WALDEN

He had a great general's ability to focus on his goals and brush aside obstacles as petty distractions. "You can abuse me, you can strike me," Rockefeller said, "so long as you let me have my own way.

al-Qaidas ledare utarbetade en författning och förordningar, som beskrev organisationens utopiska målsättning i tydliga ordalag: Att upprätta sanningen, utplåna ondskan och upprätta en islamsk nation.

empathy was the key. Understand their motives, their circumstances, their goals, their aims, their fears, their needs. Think like them. See what they see. Be them.

Todo diseño invo-lucra objetivos en conflicto, y por lo tanto, compromiso, y los me-jores diseños siempre serán aquellos con el mejor compromiso».

Empowering emotions help you discover the lessons of every situation and move toward your goals. Disempowering interpretations tie you to negativity and get in the way of your goals. Reappraisal involves recognizing the negative pattern developing in your thoughts and changing it to one that is more desirable, but in a manner that is still based in reality.

Man, Aristotle held, must first grasp the appropriate facts of reality; on this basis, he can then set the goals and course of his action. Pragmatism represents a total reversal of this progression. For the pragmatist, the order is: man acts; he invents forms of thought to satisfy the needs of his action; reality adapts itself accordingly (except when, inexplicably, it resists). First, action—second, thought—third, reality.

Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.

No one rises to low expectations

It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.

An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.

Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives.

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.

Friendship is born from an identity of spiritual goals - from common navigation toward a star.

On human levels of consciousness one may emphasize getting and having as the prime goals, in spiritual consciousness he seeks the way of giving and being.

If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren't doing enough asking.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

The more you dream the more you achieve.

The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.

The most important thing to do is to set goals. Training is a waste of time if you don't have goals.

For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.