Quotes About Goals

I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book.

I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.

It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

Every year for New Years I write down all of my goals and dreams and put them in my Bible. At the end of the year I go and pull the paper out and check this off and check that off.

The defenders can be clever and use everything within the laws of the game to stop the strikers scoring goals and, while some pulling is allowed, you need to be clever.

Most women have learned a great deal about how to set goals for our First Adulthood and how to roll with the punches when we hit a rough passage. But we're less prepared for our Second Adulthood as we approach life after retirement, where there are no fixed entrances or exits, and lots of sand into which it is easy to bury our heads.

When I began my career, I worked purely for the money.

You will have many more goals in the years ahead. But do not confuse a goal with a purpose.

My goals as governor are to help all North Carolinians be better educated, healthier and have more money in their pockets so that they can live more abundant, purposeful lives.

Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.

Dream up big, hairy, audacious goals that you are passionate about and pursue them relentlessly. You have to begin with the end goal in mind, knowing that a goal is a dream with a deadline.

I've always loved public speaking, and that's something I definitely will pursue after the Olympics.

Because I gave myself - I left school after the second semester of my junior year to pursue a career in music. and I gave myself five years to make it and I made it in three.

Integrity is about pursuing bigger goals that are beyond your personal success. If people see you only for yourself, they will not trust you. And, without trust, no growth and success are possible.

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

I have not been aggressive in my pursuit of being a star. I've never had a plan. Maybe I need to be more aggressive, because it's quite tough!

You can do anything if you set goals. You just have to push yourself.

You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.

One of my coaches encouraged me to try it. In the beginning, I didn't want to take any free-kicks but he pushed me to do it. Then I started scoring a few goals and everything changed.

You have to keep pushing toward those dreams no matter what setbacks happen.

It's in all of our interests to keep pushing athletes to see the big picture, and that's sometimes very difficult.

If you come into a season without goals, you're just going through practice and it doesn't mean anything to you. But if you set goals, you're pushing yourself.

Consistency, goals, and assists - that gets you confidence and puts the thought in the manager's head that he can't drop you.

I never really set any time goals. I think that puts a limit on yourself.