Always demanding the best of oneself, living with honor, devoting one’s talents and gifts to the benefits of others – these are the measures of success that endure when material things have passed away.
—Henry Ford (1863–1947) American Businessperson, Engineer
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
—Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker
Respectable men and women content with good and easy living are missing some of the most important things in life. Unless you give yourself to some great cause you haven’t even begun to live.
—William P. Merrill (1867–1954) American Presbyterian Clergyman, Hymn Writer
Happiness is not the end of life; character is.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.
—Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker
Set short term goals and you’ll win games. Set long term goals and you’ll win championships.
—Unknown
Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are means to mobilize the resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.
—Peter Drucker (1909–2005) Austrian-born Management Consultant
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
—Bruce Feirstein (b.1956) American Screenwriter, Humorist
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal.
—Curtis L. Carlson (1914–99) American Businessman
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.
—Charles Douglas Jackson (1902–64) American Military Leader
Life’s problems wouldn’t be called “hurdles” if there wasn’t a way to get over them.
—Unknown
When we have passed beyond willings, then we shall have Power. Effort was the helper; Effort is the bar.
—Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian Mystic, Philosopher, Poet
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.
—Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) (1832–98) British Author, Mathematician, Clergyman, Logician
I’m not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action.
—Tim Ferriss (b.1977) American Self-help Author
The first essential, of course, is to know what you want.
—Robert Collier (1885–1950) American Self-Help Author
He who moves not forward goes backward.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
In life, as in football, you won’t go far unless you know where the goalposts are.
—Arnold Glasow (1905–98) American Businessman
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined! As you simplify your life, the laws of the Universe will be simpler, solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good.—A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
—Theodore T. Munger (1830–1910) American Clergyman, Theologian
Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there. There are so few at the top it is almost lonely there.
—Samuel Insull (1859–1938) British-born American Utilities Magnate
All you have to do is know where you’re going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.
—Earl Nightingale (1921–89) American Motivational Speaker, Author
Let us live, while we are alive.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly — that is what each of us is here for.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I’m committed to?
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
The big thing is that you know what you want.
—Earl Nightingale (1921–89) American Motivational Speaker, Author
Now is the time to fix the next ten years.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
—Jack London (1876–1916) American Novelist
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