Quotes on Setting Goals

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs, therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity.

Direction, not intention determines your destination.

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.

If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.

Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

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.

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.

An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.

If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.

Although goal setting can clearly be overdone, only a few people are overly involved with goals and goal setting; most people do far too little goal setting, including the reflecting that precedes the setting of such goals. Too many marriages have financial goals but not other explicit goals. Yet the gospel is certainly goal-oriented.