Quotes About Goals

We can make the trains run on time but if they are not going where we want them to go, why bother?

Benchmarks are targets that have to be fulfilled. They cannot be fulfilled in an indefinite period of time, so there are timetables in benchmarks.

I teach kids how to be rich by the time they are age 40, 35 if they are extra bright. Most kids think they are extra bright, so they go for 35.

I hope by the time I'm 30 to have a husband and maybe a baby.

And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.

You know those goals you've set for yourself, those dreams you've been waiting for the perfect time to live out? It's time!

Breaking the cycle takes time. Be Patient and Gentle with yourself. Set long term goals. And be persistent! Remember to Stretch, Laugh and be Unshakable!

If you wrote a page a day, at the end of the year you would have a book. Whether it's any good or not is beside the point, but you would have a book, instead of just talking about it all the time.

We can no longer afford to spend major time on minor things than spend minor time on major things.

We both have a lot of things to work on.

They kind of want to write, but they really want to be published. You'll never get to where you want to be that way, I tell them.

Find out what each character cares most in the world because then you will have discovered what's at stake.

If all you do at work is hope to survive, your day can't be much fun. We're all working too hard. Putting in more hours than we'd like, nervous about the future, uncertain about our roles and our goals. We work too hard to hope for mere survival. Our goal must be to thrive and prosper, not just get by.

A successful manager told me that stopped wearing a watch. She found that the work was so immersive, anchoring it to whatever hour it happened to be was pointless. The watch reminded her of the rigors of appointments and the status quo, while her goal was to be there, right here, right now, in the moment, and to do the work in front of her. The watch had no role in doing that right, so, for now, it's gone.

Quitting requires you to acknowledge that you're never going to be #1 in the world.

Nor is it likely that the Republican Party will abandon its goal of attaining a permanent majority, much less renounce the alliances it has cultivated with corporations, religious groups, conservative intellectuals, and powerful lobbies.

Remember Arikos the key to humanity is simple. Live your life with purpose. They humans need goals to strive for. All of Trieg's have been taken from him by his enemies so we need to replace them with new ones that matter to him. Without goals humanity is lost and a single man can't function. Acheron had been wrong about one thing. without goals everyone was lost. Even the gods.

The reason so many individuals fail to achieve their goals in life is that they never really set them in the first place

Life is actually a series of tests. It's a social test, a happiness test, a business success test. You'd like to get A's in all of them.

I'm going forward with my plans for life. I'm looking at things not only basketball-wise, but personal-wise.

I have a lot that I intend to do in this life.

What an immense power over life is the power of possessing distinct aims.

But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's get our priorities straight. I think we all know what's really important in life - winning an Oscar.

We need both to aspire and accomplish. Without a vision for your life, without a sense of purpose, you will begin to die a slow death.