Quotes About Goal

Thus the goal of nouthetic counseling is set forth plainly in the Scriptures: to bring men into loving conformity to the law of God.

and he realized that he missed the old days of sailing, the ship almost willowy and hesitant, responsive to winds and weathers - not this hard, unthinking, mechanical drive toward a goal or destinations, so typical of the age itself.

Happiness ceases to be a normal condition of being alive, and becomes a goal.

According to Claparède, feelings appoint a goal for behaviour, while intelligence merely provides the means (the "technique"). But there exists an awareness of ends as well as of means, and this continually modifies the goals of action.

you just want a thing hard enough and keep on trying, you do get it in the end.

This new book is going to get itself finished— and published! You see if it doesn't.

If you just want a thing hard enough and keep on trying, you do get it in the end.

Knowledge is and will be produced in order to be sold, it is and will be consumed in order to be valorised in a new production: in both cases, the goal is exchange.

quidquid agas prudenter agas et respice finem.

The toughest thing in life is not learning a bunch of potentially hypothetically useful stuff, but figuring out what the heck it is you want to do.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

A functioning team is more than just a group of people with a common goal. It's a group of people who can work toward that common goal despite having different opinions about how to reach it. No, not everyone has the same say. No, not everyone's opinion will play a part in the end. The boss makes the final decision and will live or hang by that decision.

All of that leads me to this: In order to ensure consistent growth, the goal of everyone in the organization should be to make the answers to "What do we want to be known FOR?" and "What are we known FOR?" match. This is also the most important challenge for any leader.

learning how to ride your bike? Well, persistence and sheer repetition, certainly. You were going to stick with it no matter how long it took! It also helped that you were enthusiastic about what you set out to achieve—that you could hardly wait to reach your goal. And finally, let's not underestimate the impact of positive encouragement. You always knew your parents were in your corner, supporting you, rooting for your success.

Life will test you to see how serious you are about achieving your objective.

There are three simple, essential steps to achieving a goal: Write it down: give it a what (clear description) and a when (timeline). Look at it every day: keep it in your face; soak your subconscious in it. Start with a plan: make the plan simple. The point of the plan is not that it will get you there, but that it will get you started.

You will become as small as your controlling desire, or as great as your dominant aspiration

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is the definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it." —Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

There is one quality which one must possess to win," writes Napoleon Hill in his all-time classic Think and Grow Rich, "and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is the definiteness of purpose,

the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it." —Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

The goal of using stories isn't to write better stories. The goal of product development isn't to make products.

Focusing on specific target outcomes is the secret to prioritizing development work.