Motivational Goal Quotes

• My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.

  Ronald Reagan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

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• 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.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Ambition, Clear Goals, Average

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• What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.

  Alexander Graham Bell

  Positive, Spiritual, Determination

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself.

  Brian Tracy

  Positive, Success, Dream

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Mar 31, 2013

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• 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.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  "Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjöld, 1963.

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• Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Motivation, Men

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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  Begin with the end in mind.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

  Stephen R. Covey (2000). “Vision: Defining Your Destiny in Life”, Franklincovey

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• Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

  W. H. Murray

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

  Booker T. Washington

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Life, Perseverance

  Attributed to Aristotle in "Optimize Your Life!" by Bernhoff A. Dahl, p. 111, 2005.

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• You have to know what you want to get it.

  Gertrude Stein

  Inspirational, Goal, Want

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• An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

  Emil Zatopek

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Quoted by Christopher Brasher in the Observer,12 Sep 1982.

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• There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2012). “Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)”, p.497, Jazzybee Verlag

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• We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Motivational, Success, Congratulations

  Henry David Thoreau, Barry Andrews (2005). “True Harvest: Readings from Henry David Thoreau for Every Day of the Year”, p.71, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Robert H. Schuller (1986). “Move Ahead with Possibility Thinking”, Jove

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• Goals determine what you're going to be.

  Julius Erving

  Inspirational, Basketball, Determination

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Determination

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach

  Benjamin E. Mays

  Lying, Weight Loss, Goal

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• Be the compromise you want to see in the world.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

  Fitzhugh Dodson

  Motivational, Goals Dreams, Wish

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• Always begin with the end in mind.

  Ellen Muth

  Goal, Mind, Personal Vision

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• You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Destiny, Thinking, Goals Dreams

  Mark Victor Hansen (1989). “Future diary”

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• What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

  Alexander Graham Bell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

  "Making a Habit of Success: How to Make a Habit of Succeeding, How to Win With High Self-Esteem". Book by MacK R. Douglas (p. 45), 1999.

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