Quotes About Goal

I do what I do," I said, "in order to do something else.

I do what I do, in order to do something else.

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't get a handful of mud either.

When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

But dogmatism—or the inclination "to identify the goal of our thinking with the point at which we have become tired of thinking"—is so natural to man that it is not likely to be a preserve of the past. [Citing Lessing's January 9, 1771 letter to Mendelssohn.]

AFTER WINNING THE ELECTION Eisenhower went as promised to Korea, where he spent three days on the front. He returned convinced that the war had to be brought to a close, and he concentrated on that goal during the first six months of his administration in 1953. A combination of circumstances, including the fatigue of the enemy, led to signing of a cease-fire that took effect on July 27. This was thirty-seven anguished months after the start of the war in 1950.50

Success supposes endeavour.

I do not wish to avoid the walk. The distance is nothing when one has a motive.

no hay que desesperar de lograr aquello que deseamos, pues la asiduidad, si es constante, consigue el fin que se propone...

el esfuerzo debe ser proporcional a lo que se pretende.

No hay distancias cuando se tiene un motivo - Elizabeth

We are told to despair of nothing we would attain, as unwearied diligence our point would gain

The distance is nothing when one has a motive;

No hay distancias cuando se tiene un motivo

No, indeed, I do not wish to avoid the walk. The distance is nothing when one has a motive;

redound to the university's professed goal of excellence

She'd wanted to grow up to be a superhero, and in a left-turn kind of way she felt like she was on track.

she was always propelled forward by the drip, drip, drip of adrenaline that accompanied the adventure of the chase and by the determination that she would capture the prize.

I never thought of myself as unlucky. When you aim high, it's tough to get there unless something really fortunate happens.

I think the goal with any writing, but especially narrative nonfiction, is to put the blockade of putting your thoughts in this unnatural medium of print and then trying to reach through that and actually convey what's going on, what you think, and make people laugh and recognize themselves while doing it. Definitely the laughing thing.

The thing is, if you make best-sellerdom your goal, you're going to be in trouble. It's a very nice thing to have happen, but if one makes that a goal like, say, a literary writer has the goal of getting the Pulitzer Prize, that's so unpredictable.

I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.

I take a very unselfish approach to my job and what I do because people spend their hard-earned money to enjoy what we do. And our goal is to deliver the best show possible. If I can contribute to that, great.