In the long run men hit only what they aim at.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRead
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In the long run men hit only what they aim at.
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
A man who could not see the end of his"provisional existence" was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.
Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.
Man's chief goal in life is still to become and stay human, and defend his achievements against the encroachment of nature.
We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principle goal in life is to be rich, thin, young, famous, safe, and entertained.
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.
Become aware, awake. Then you will see that everything comes and goes, all things come and pass. Life is a flux. Your consciousness is the only thing that is immovable, that is eternal. To attain it is freedom. To attain it is the goal of life. If you miss it you have missed your life and you have missed a tremendously great gift, a great opportunity.
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
Our whole goal in life is to give you something you didn’t know you wanted and then once you get it, you can’t imagine your life without it… and you can count on apple doing that.
You know that you have fully experienced love when you turn into love - that is the spiritual goal of life.
Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.
The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.
The difference between those who fail to achieve their goals in life and those who succeed is the difference between those who cannot put themselves in a supportive state and those who can consistently put themselves in a state that supports them in their achievements.
The goal in life is the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing--in marriage, at your job, in the community, for your country. Make the effort to contribute in whatever way you can. You may do it materially or with time, ideas, or work. Making the effort to contribute is what counts. The effort is what counts in everything.
Whatever your goal in life, the beginning is knowledge and experience
Your audacious life goals are fabulous. We're proud of you for having them. But it's possible that those goals are designed to distract you from the thing that's really frightening you--the shift in daily habits that would mean a re-invention of how you see yourself.
My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.
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