3,137 Quotes About Goals

The moral of the story is: We thrive when we have a positive goal to move toward, not just a negative state we’re trying to move away from.

....there was always a way to get through a difficulty. If you just keep swimming, you’ll find your way. And when your brain wants to give up because there’s no land in sight, you keep swimming, not because you’re certain swimming will take you where you want to go, but to prove to yourself that you can still swim.

...goals help us get a lot done. But they often remove our attention from the experience to the achievement. When we arrive at our goal, we think, then we will be happy. When we finally get there, we can celebrate and have fun. When I get that job, I'll be fulfilled then. When I get married, I will be happy. The Eden we pine for is not under our own feet or bike tires, but over the next mountain.

Your goal is not always going to be within your reach. At times you have to outstretch yourself to reach it.

I want to set a record. Not just any record, but an athletic record. One that everyone will know me for. One that my dad will be proud of. I don't know what it will be, but I will do it. I have a lot of weaknesses, but I have two critical strengths. I am stubborn and I am smart.

Discipline means choices. Every time you say yes to a goal or objective, you say no to many more.

There may be no more compelling goal than a close one, but there is none more lasting than a distant one not yet attained.

Set the goals, visualize it, believe in positive possibility, and create a route map to perform a series of activities which can help you in achieving those goals and keep working constantly without stopping. And the success will be yours for sure.

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