Long Term Goals Quotes

• When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Never let a short term desire get in the way of a long term goal.

  Curtis Martin

  Long, Goal, Desire

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• We all need lots of powerful long range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles

  Jim Rohn

  Powerful, Past, Long

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 09, 2017

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• Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow.

  Tony Robbins

  Meaningful, Moving, Goal

  Tony Robbins (2007). “Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial”, p.303, Simon and Schuster

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• Set daily, monthly and long term goals and dreams. Don't ever be afraid to dream too big. Nothing is impossible. If you believe in yourself, you can achieve it.

  Nastia Liukin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dream

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• Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

  Seth Godin

  Positivity, Long, Strategy

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• Having a long term goal provides a catalyst for motivation at every waking moment.

  Peter J. Daniels

  Motivation, Long, Goal

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• Every goal that you will ever pursue will require a plan of action. Whether you are pursuing your life’s destiny or striving to obtain a particular goal, you must be able to see things as you desire them to be.

  T. D. Jakes

  Destiny, Goal, Desire

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• When setting a long-term goal, find the pace necessary to achieve it.

  Rickson Gracie

  Long, Goal, Pace

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• Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination.

  Dan Ariely

  Giving Up, Procrastination, Long

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• If your short-term goals are too high, you may give up too soon. If your long-term goals are too low, they may not give you enough enthusiasm to drive you over the bumps in the road along the way.

  Darren LaCroix

  Giving Up, Long, Goal

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• The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Character

  "Awaken The Giant Within". Book by Tony Robbins, 1991.

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• Breaking the cycle takes time. Be Patient and Gentle with yourself. Set long term goals. And be persistent! Remember to Stretch, Laugh and be Unshakable!

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Long, Goal, Laughing

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• The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do in business. Having that long-term goal will enable you to have a plan on how to achieve it. We apply these skills in business, yet when it comes to ourselves, we rarely apply them.

  Denise Morrison

  Skills, Long, Goal

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• The easiest thing is to make sure you feel happy and satisfied in this moment. Setting long term goals is much more effort taking, but at the same time much more fulfilling.

  Denis Waitley

  Encouragement, Long, Goal

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• I'm sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that's for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Careers, Long, Goal

  "“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Interview with Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. December 10, 2013.

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• We have to use our reasoning capacity and set long-term goals based on our deepest values.

  Al Gore

  Long, Goal, Use

  "Gore talks climate change, jobs in an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell". www.nbcnews.com. December 9, 2009.

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• I think the long-term goal is to continue to grow as people and as a unit, individually and together, and hopefully continue to keep making records that are better every time, because if you're not moving forward, you're either standing still or regressing.

  Taylor Momsen

  Moving Forward, Thinking, Long

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• Ask the proficient athlete, artist, businessperson, or homemaker what creates excellence and they'll all agree: a commitment to long-term goals - and with a community of mentors and fellow "disciples."

  Michael Horton

  Athlete, Commitment, Artist

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.

  George F. Kennan

  Russia, Usa, America

  "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," Foreign Affairs, July 1947

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• I am an Anarchist not because I believe Anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a final goal.

  Rudolf Rocker

  Believe, Goal, Finals

  Rudolf Rocker (1956). “The London years”

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• Training for a marathon is much like climbing a ladder. Each ring is a short-term goal that must be met in sequence in order to reach the long-term goal at the top of the ladder.

  Richard Benyo

  Running, Climbing, Order

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• When it is all about winning, once you've done it, you lose interest; stay focus on helping/developing young people as your long-term goal.

  Bradford Winters

  Leadership, Winning, Long

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• When your mind is preoccupied, your impulses—not your long-term goals—will guide your choices.

  Kelly McGonigal

  Long, Goal, Choices

  Kelly McGonigal (2011). “The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It”, p.24, Penguin

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• In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere of distrust and one of trust, between setting an example of power and helping children to learn responsibility, between quick-fix parenting and the kind that's focused on long-term goals.

  Alfie Kohn

  Children, Teaching, Responsibility

  Alfie Kohn (2006). “Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason”, p.174, Simon and Schuster

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