To create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language - That's who I am. That's what I am doing. That's my life goal.
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To create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language - That's who I am. That's what I am doing. That's my life goal.
One of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes-the values, the ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
The goal of life is not the earning of money, but the service of God.p.114
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future, for that is where I expect to spend the rest of my life.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Good design is a visual statement that maximizes the life goals of the people in a given culture (or, more realistically, the goals of a certain subset of people in the culture) that draws on a shared symbolic expression for the ordering of such goals.
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Every man's task [his 'great dream' and impassioned life-goal] is his life preserver.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.
I'm a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it's about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and joy, and so forth. And so if that is the case, then I think our goals should include something which stretches us.
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.
By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own.
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