Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
—John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960) American Philanthropist, Businessperson
Do you want to be right more than you want to know the truth? It’s the truth that set me free. Acceptance, peace, and less attachment to a world of suffering are all effects of doing The Work. They’re not the goals. Do The Work for the love of freedom, for the love of truth.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
An affirmation states that a goal is already happening. I’m not crazy about this because, often when we affirm something that is not yet real, the little voice in our head usually responds with “This isn’t true, this is BS…On the other hand, a declaration is not saying something is true, it’s saying we have an intention of doing or being something. This is a position the little voice can buy, because we’re not stating it’s true right now, but again, it’s an intention for us ion the future.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.
—Les Brown
Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do.
—George Burns (1896–1996) American Comedian
Usually obstacles are the things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
—Hannah More
But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one’s eyes and laugh at a fall, and, baffled, get up and begin again.
—Robert Browning (1812–89) English Poet
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
—J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Scottish Novelist, Dramatist
The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.
—David Starr Jordan (1851–1931) American Zoologist, Educator, Peace Activist
A man has to have goals- for a day, for a lifetime- that was mine, to have people say, “There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.”
—Ted Williams (1918–2002) American Sportsperson
We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
—Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) American New Thought Writer, Physician, Entrepreneur
The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.
—Earl Nightingale (1921–89) American Motivational Speaker, Author
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.
—Les Brown
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
—Ralph Vaull Starr
Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground
—Ralph Marston American Self-Help Author
It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.
—Robert South (1634–1716) English Theologian, Preacher
Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile goals.
—Paul J. Meyer
The chief purpose of the body is to carry the brain around.
—Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American Inventor, Scientist, Entrepreneur
True friends … face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
—C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish-born British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar
Comfort kills! If your goal in life is to be comfortable, I guarantee two things. First, you will never be rich. Second, you will never be happy. Happiness doesn’t come from living a lukewarm life, always wondering what could have been. Happiness comes as a result of being in our natural state of growth and living up to our fullest potential.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
—Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959) American Film Producer, Director
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we’ve already achieved them.
—Denis Waitley (b.1933) American Motivational Speaker, Author
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
—Unknown
True happiness is not made in getting something? True happiness is becoming something? This can be done by being committed to lofty goals? We cannot become something without commitment.
—Marvin J. Ashton (1915–94) American Mormon Religious Leader
‘Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American Poet, Journalist
Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.
—Ralph Marston American Self-Help Author
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