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Quotes About Goal

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
~ Aristotle
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.
~ Jim Valvano
It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks rehearsing and honing their skills, and at least a day attempting to reach the summit. And then, having achieved their goal, they spend just a few moments enjoying the experience, along with one or two equally certifiable companions who have little in common other than wanting to do it all again, but a little higher.
~ Jeffrey Archer
Donald Hall asked Henry Moore] 'what is the secret of life?' [Moore answered] 'The secret is to devote your whole life to one ambition. Concentrate everything you know, everything you can summon, to accomplish this one desire. But remember: Choose something you can't do.
~ Jeffrey Berman
A vision without execution is an hallucination.
~ Jeffrey E. Garten
But my overriding goal all along has been a quest for truth—no matter where it may lie, and no matter what inherited dogmas may need to be abandoned in order to attain it.
~ Jeffrey J. Bütz
Defining and explaining what the goal is, sharing a path to achieving it, motivating people to take the journey with you, and assisting them by removing obstacles—those are management's reasons for being. We must engage the minds of people to support and contribute their ideas to the organization. In my experience, the Toyota Way is the best method for fulfilling this role.
~ Jeffrey K. Liker
For a celestial reward, it is absolutely essential that we remain faithful to the end. There is nothing in the Church that is directed toward the telestial or terrestrial kingdoms. For us it is a celestial goal every step of the way.
~ Jeffrey R. Holland
Most people set intentions wrong. The right way to set intentions is to be clear on what you want to go FROM and what you want to go TO.
~ Jeffrey Shaw
The beginning of change doesn't come from motivation and dangling carrots. It begins with being clear about what you want to get away from.
~ Jeffrey Shaw
That's what I always want: to win.
~ Jen Calonita
And the excellent thing about success is that it always comes down to one simple thing: the decision to keep going until you've reached your goal.
~ Jen Sincero
Keep your thoughts directed at your goal, do everything that you DO know how to do to make it happen decide with unwavering determination that it will happen, and be on the lookout for the opportunity.
~ Jen Sincero
Why do I want the money?
~ Jen Sincero
it all started because she made the decision to grow and did the one thing that scared the living crap out of her that she knew would get her to her goal.
~ Jen Sincero
He'd have her in his bed if he had to recruit Curry, Isabella, Mac, and every other person in Paris to get her there.
~ Jennifer Ashley
In study after study, researchers find that if people are unclear about where they are going, they'll just default to their old patterns and habits.
~ Jennifer Garvey Berger
Now, if that's everything, I have an empire to build and a girl to chase.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Ik had niet zomaar een plan. Ik had Een Plan.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'Tis all that I implore - In life and death, a chainless soul, With courage to endure.
~ Emily Bronte
I can't rest now, Nelly, although I'm so tired. You may as well tell a man who's struggling through the sea to rest within an arm's length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I'll rest.
~ Emily Bronte
Don't put your purpose in one place and expect to see progress made somewhere else.
~ Epictetus
Why do you want to read anyway – for the sake of amusement or mere erudition? Those are poor, fatuous pretexts. Reading should serve the goal of attaining peace; if it doesn't make you peaceful, what good is it?
~ Epictetus