Goal Driven Quotes

#1. But the worst touristification is the life we moderns have to lead in captivity, during our leisure hours: Friday night opera, scheduled parties, scheduled laughs. Again, golden jail. This "goal-driven" attitude hurts deeply inside my existential self.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#2. I've always been a goal-driven person.

Shi Zhengrong

#3. It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.

Paddy Ashdown

#4. Psychologists have suggested that attention may be categorized by whether it is goal-driven or stimulus-driven, corresponding to whether it is in the service of one's own will or not.

Matthew B. Crawford

#5. I've always been a very goal-driven person.

Amanda Crew

#6. Our goal is to reflect the Kingdom of God

Sunday Adelaja

#7. Shred all that, then take the pieces to the incinerator at the end of the hall for burning. I like to be thorough.

Rachel Caine

#8. A loon thought he was Frank Sinatra and every time Frank came on TV or radio the loon would go mad, impostor!

Stephen Richards

#9. If a given science accidentally reached its goal, this would by no means stop the workers in the field, who would be driven past their goal by the sheer momentum of the illusion of unlimited progress.

Hannah Arendt

#10. Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task ... But the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage, and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told.

Robert McKee

#11. There is no standing still because time is moving forward.

Greg Lake

#12. I like Diaspora because it's audacious, it's driven by passion, and it's very, very hard to do. After all, who in their right mind would set as a goal taking on Facebook? That's sort of like deciding to build a better search engine - very expensive, with a high likelihood of failure.

John Battelle

#13. Java is to JavaScript what Car is to Carpet.

Chris Heilmann

#14. I'm not a wild and crazy person.

Jewel

#15. Each of us has an innate, human desire to be challenged. We are driven by it, and we often learn from our experiences to set a target and hit it. Even if we don't reach our intended goal or destination, we gain strength in trying.

Michelle McCullough

#16. Freshman year was really great, actually. Pretty easy transition. We both made some new friends. No emotional trauma that wasn't solved with a Buggy and Floyd marathon. And then you had to get a boyfriend.

Elizabeth Eulberg

#17. You're much more likely to reach your goals if they're your goals, speaking to your desires, rather than the desires of outside influences. Goals that are meaningful to you will keep you inspired and driven towards success.

Jillian Michaels

#18. The Italians have their priorities right: They're driven, they do their work, but they really enjoy the day-to-day and they don't put off the enjoyment of the everyday for some future goal.

Frances Mayes

#19. After all, if an idea could not stand up to a serious challenge, then it was never a very good idea in the first place. Question everything.

James J. Caterino

#20. The attachment to a rationalistic, teleological notion of progress indicates the absence of true progress; he whose life does not unfold satisfyingly under its own momentum is driven to moralize it, to set up goals and rationalize their achievement as progress.

John Carroll

#21. The real direction of your vision is as important as your vision. Notwithstanding how large the goal post might be, the power behind your shots least matter as its direction, for it is more of the direction that will determine the goals you shall score and the final score in the end

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#22. The goal of 'The Purpose Driven Life' is to help people develop a heart for the world.

Rick Warren

#23. The legal toleration of abortion or of euthanasia can in no way claim to be based on respect for the conscience of others, precisely because society has the right and the duty to protect itself against the abuses which can occur in the name of conscience and under the pretext of freedom.

Pope John Paul II

#24. A visionary company is one which is seen growing in a consistent pattern by being goal oriented driven by a vision and a mission

Henrietta Newton Martin

#25. Fundamental [tax] reform almost always runs the risk of making things worse.

Dan Rostenkowski

#26. Successful businesspeople retain a quality most others not only lack but often fail to comprehend, and that's the unrelenting drive to convert a vision into reality. They are driven to realize this goal in a manner that appears to defy logic among others who lack this drive.

Robert Herjavec

#27. Aim deliberately at goal and stay focus to fulfill it.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#28. Some travelers are drawn forward by a goal lying before them in the way iron is drawn to the magnet. Others are driven on by a force lying behind them. In such a way the bowstring makes the arrow fly.

Isak Dinesen

#29. In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that.

Margaret J. Wheatley

#30. Have you fallen into the world's trap, following its self-indulgent goals and driven by its self-centered motives? It can happen without you even being aware of it. Make sure Christ is first in your life, and make it your goal to live according to His Word.

Billy Graham

#31. It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#32. The goal of agility measure is to keep track of the most value-driven factors to lead business success.

Pearl Zhu

#33. You have to keep your goal in mind and never lose sight of it. I envisioned myself winning the heavyweight title for ten years before I actually captured it. If you're not driven to do your best, you'll never reach the level of excellence in your life.

George Foreman

#34. The hardest part about parenting is when I have to be The Dad
aka the Fun-Sucker
as opposed to being a friend.

James Patterson