Goal Getting Quotes

#1. This has resulted in more and more people becoming inner-directed and having as their only goal, getting as much as they can get out of the system and putting as little into it as possible.

Robert Teeter

#2. I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it.

Chuck Norris

#3. Making loans accessible to millions of the previously unbankable customers is a noble goal. Getting them hooked to such loans isn't.

Evgeny Morozov

#4. Decision-making takes care of goal-setting, but discipline also takes care of goal-getting. Decisions and discipline can't be separated; one is worthless without the other.

John C. Maxwell

#5. Goal-getting matters. And writing down the brave acts and bold dreams you intend to accomplish will provide the spark to get them done.

Robin S. Sharma

#6. The focus of gap analysis should be getting to the other side. If you bend-over to analyze a gap too long, you'll probably fall into it.

Ryan Lilly

#7. The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong.

Norman Finkelstein

#8. Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there - or failing to get there.

Max Lerner

#9. It's unbelievable, it never gets too old. The biggest goal in my career is winning Grand Slams. I don't have a great record in finals, but I'm getting closer to .500, which is nice.

Daniel Nestor

#10. If I had coached in high school for 60 years, I would have loved it. Getting to the top was not a goal. I welcomed the opportunities, but I just believed do the best doggone job you can, and good things will happen.

Marv Levy

#11. Getting answers to my questions is not the goal of the spiritual life. Living in the presence of God is the greater call.

Henri J.M. Nouwen

#12. We should be hell bent on getting those weapons of mass destruction, hell bent on having a credible approach to them, but we should try to do it in a way which keeps the world together and that achieves our goal which is removing the ... defanging Saddam..

Carl Levin

#13. My goal is not getting hit and to knock the other guy out. Some people might complain because they want to see boxers beat up on each other, but you cannot last long in professional boxing if you take a lot of punches.

Wladimir Klitschko

#14. I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.

Penelope Ann Miller

#15. You see, we don't know what our goals are. We learn our goals only in the process of getting there You don't know what the baby is going to become. Therefore, you wait and take good care of it until it becomes what it will.

Milton H. Erickson

#16. My goal was always getting my work out in the world, and in many ways, I feel like the luckiest person alive.

Merrill Markoe

#17. I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.

Chris Daughtry

#18. The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue.

Brian Tracy

#19. To me it seems that to give happiness is a far nobler goal that to attain it: and that what we exist for is much more a matter of relations to others than a matter of individual progress: much more a matter of helping others to heaven than of getting there ourselves.

Lewis Carroll

#20. Try your best not to get distracted from your goal. Let everything you do be your way of getting closer to your enlightenment; never take a vacation from spiritual practice.

Sharon Gannon

#21. Seeking is a combination of emotions people usually think of as being different: wanting something really good, looking forward to getting something really good and curiosity. Seeking gives you the energy to go after your goals.

Temple Grandin

#22. I hope to direct a feature very soon. That is a big goal for me. I'm looking forward to hopefully getting that opportunity.

Ken Marino

#23. Every team in the NFL is hard, but when we play our own division it's a fight. Our goal is to make it to the playoffs and to do that we have to win games within the division. We match up well against this division, it's just a matter of getting on the field and doing what we know we can do.

Giovani Bernard

#24. What is the first step to take and how do you measure your progress? How far have you gone and how close are you to getting to your goals?

Michael Gerber

#25. You can't coach desire, and no matter how fancy your training plan or how high your stated goals are, it comes down to getting out the door and doing the work day after day.

Steve House

#26. Success depends on getting good at saying no without feeling guilty. You cannot get ahead with your own goals if you are always saying yes to someone else's projects. You can only get ahead with your desired lifestyle if you are focused on the things that will produce that lifestyle.

Jack Canfield

#27. The hardest thing about getting what you want is knowing what to do with it.

Patrick Hennessey

#28. The term "work" is getting thrown around as though everyone seems to be doing so. The question is, working for what? Every time I am at work, it means I am getting closer to my goal. Once you have the vision, you work towards it.

J.R. Rim

#29. I'm the CEO. My job is to get out of the way. I work with smart people and trust they can accomplish their goals. So I make sure to focus on removing roadblocks for them and then resume getting out of their way.

John Fairclough

#30. I think a good entrepreneur has a very clear grasp of what the goal is, an unwavering sense of the goal, an utterly agile approach of getting there.

John Katzman

#31. My goal in getting rid of tax loopholes is not to raise taxes. Our problem in Washington, D.C. is not a revenue problem, it is a spending problem.

Mike Pompeo

#32. The only person stopping you from doing something is yourself, and looking for excuses all the time just gets in the way of obtaining your own goals. It's like the writer who keeps getting up and straightening the pictures in the room.

Chrissie Hynde

#33. You can only waste time relative to some context or goal. While you are reading this book, you are wasting time relative to your goal of getting to the store before you have to pick up your kids. In fact, from some perspective, you are always wasting time.

Anonymous

#34. I've surpassed any goal I set for myself as far as my body, my career, and getting married.

Ricki Lake

#35. While my mother tried to stem my truancy, it would be a complete stranger - an Army Officer in the Special Forces home on leave - who would be the mentor to drive home my mother's goal of getting me educated. His name was Saul Hassan.

Richard Carmona

#36. On human levels of consciousness one may emphasize getting and having as the prime goals, in spiritual consciousness he seeks the way of giving and being.

Eric Butterworth

#37. I wrote six nonfiction books before getting into narrative fiction with 'Robopocalypse,' including 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising.' My goal all along was to start writing fiction, and I guess one day I'd just had enough.

Daniel H. Wilson

#38. I've never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else.

Abby Wambach

#39. Never will I pursue happiness, because it is not a goal, just a by-product, and there is no happiness in having or in getting, only in giving.

Og Mandino

#40. Burnout is not the result of doing too much; it is the result of not getting enough rest.

John Patrick Hickey

#41. I aspired to be a writer and then I just started getting acting work. I really didn't have a direct goal, I just knew I wanted to be in this industry telling stories and doing this for a job. I thought my path was going to be as a writer, but I'm pretty happy doing it as an actor.

Jake M. Johnson

#42. Zappos uses call center technology to track average call time per agent. But the goal isn't to reduce this average - it's more important that we make an emotional connection with the customer, rather than just quickly getting them off the phone.

Tony Hsieh

#43. I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.

Karin Slaughter

#44. It's not just getting a goal that matters, but the quality of life you experience along the way.

Tony Robbins

#45. I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night.

Steve Martin

#46. The goal should not be getting married at the right age but to find love which will stay forever

Subhasis Das

#47. People who achieve the greatest success are the people who have the most fun getting there.

John Patrick Hickey

#48. The brightest star in the night sky is the one closest to us; try to keep getting closer to your goal to shine even brighter.

Vinita Kinra

#49. The goal with teenagers is simply getting through it alive, with no permanent damage.

Mary Kubica

#50. He is as tough as anything. You can crack him once, but he won't let it bother him. He's back on his feet in no time and getting on with it. He is a strong character and a great sight when he's heading for goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo

#51. I subscribe to the thought that it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong. What matters is what works.

Tony Curl

#52. The thing is, if you make best-sellerdom your goal, you're going to be in trouble. It's a very nice thing to have happen, but if one makes that a goal like, say, a literary writer has the goal of getting the Pulitzer Prize, that's so unpredictable.

Diane Mott Davidson

#53. It's been an adventure just getting out to Saturn, .. Saturn is such an alluring photographic target. It's a joy, really, to be able to take our images and composite them in an artful way, which is one of my cardinal working goals. It's about poetry and beauty and science all mixed together.

Carolyn Porco

#54. Without first setting your goals correctly, it is impossible to focus on a plan to achieve them. That is why goal setting is so vital to time management and developing focus.

Mani S. Sivasubramanian

#55. I don't like getting people upset, so that's not my goal. But I like putting people in situations where how they respond says a lot about them.

Nathan Fielder

#56. Never start a company with the goal of getting rich. Your goal should be making something you believe in and making a company that will last.

Mike Markkula

#57. There's something outrageously simple about extending yourself toward a goal the way a plant seeks the sun's rays or a gopher the crunch of easy soil beneath his paws, and then getting exactly what you want, sunshine or some prized tuber.

Gary Shteyngart

#58. When I worked on my game, that's what I thought about. When it happened, I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I guess I approached it with the end in mind. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and I focused on getting there.

Michael Jordan

#59. In the scriptures you will find the way to realize God. But after getting all the information about the path, you must begin to work, Only then can you attain your goal.

Ramakrishna

#60. In the West, we are very goal oriented. We know where we want to go, and we are very directed in getting there. This may be useful, but often we forget to enjoy ourselves along the route.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#61. Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!

Alanis Morissette

#62. If you are not getting the results you want change your technique

Valarie Rocha

#63. Getting to work on the thing that you're always thinking about anyways is like the biggest--that's the goal.

Spike Jonze

#64. My ambition was to become the best climber and I never did. I think that goal was a wrong goal. A better one is to put more emphasis on enjoyment and on getting a rounded experience and on things like friendship, rather than on sheer achievement.

Royal Robbins

#65. We are thrilled with the response we are getting to Le Cirque at The Leela Palace New Delhi. Our goal is to bring a luxury dining experience consistent with international standards of excellence to the expanding and discerning clientele in India.

Sirio Maccioni

#66. Our goal is to write memorable songs. We're not there yet, but we're getting closer. Each time we sit down to write, we have hopes of coming up with something that will be remembered forever. That's our dream.

Joel Madden

#67. It would drive me crazy if I picked roles with the goal of being a leading man. You never know what you're getting into when you sign onto a project, and more times than not, the characters that are close to the leading man are more interesting and more fun to play.

Jesse Plemons

#68. To practice the process of conflict resolution, we must completely abandon the goal of getting people to do what we want.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

#69. Getting well is not the only goal. Even more important is learning to live without fear, to be at peace with life and ultimately death.

Bernie Siegel

#70. Getting annoyed with his inability to make a decision, I fight the impulse to walk out by reminding myself of my end-goal.

Ella Dominguez

#71. I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better books.

George Pelecanos

#72. Every time I do a gig, my goal is getting new fans.

Sharon Jones

#73. The original idea before Mint was a life and goal planning system I called Carpe Viva. The idea was that all of life's goals, from buying a house, getting an MBA, or learning Spanish could be quantified in both time and money.

Aaron Patzer

#74. The goal of living a life of faith is never to go against God, but to go with Him. It isn't just about getting what you want, it's about seeking God's best, then trusting Him with His answer." - Linda Evans Shepherd

Cherie Hill

#75. My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning, it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier.

Brian Lamb

#76. Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

Anne M. Mulcahy

#77. That should be the goal, is that every kid in every neighborhood, despite whatever challenges they may face, are getting a great education in our public schools.

Michelle Rhee

#78. There seems to be a hypnotic quality to ambition and speed, so that you feel that you are standing still just because you want to go so fast. You might actually be getting close to your goal.

Chogyam Trungpa

#79. Achieving a goal is nothing. The getting there is everything.

Jules Michelet

#80. The greatest of all human delusions is that there is a tangible goal, and not just direction towards an ideal aim. The idea that a goal can be attained perpetually frustrates human beings, who are disappointed at never getting there, never being able to stop.

Stephen Spender

#81. The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage.

Gwen Ifill

#82. I think that if people look deeply enough into their trading patterns, they find that, on balance, including all their goals, they are really getting what they want, even though they may not understand it or want to admit it.

Ed Seykota

#83. Getting to the end of a song is not the goal of singing.

Kate Carpenter

#84. I have the goal of getting together 30 or 40 poor kids and bringing them to live with me.

Jose Mujica

#85. Performing at my best is important to me and should be to everyone. I am blessed that my dad is a chiropractor. Getting adjusted regularly - along with practicing other good health habits that my mom helped me to establish - are all part of my goal to win in life and on the field.

Aaron Rodgers

#86. Good planning is the foundation of success for almost any project. Start by getting clear on your goal.

Jude Bijou

#87. My original goal was just to do stand-up but then I became interested in films - writing a film, shooting one someday, and getting to act in them.

Demetri Martin

#88. Many a person who started out to conquer the world in shining army has ended up just getting along. The horse got tired, the army rusty. The goal was removed and unsure.

Robert A. Cook

#89. Finnikin had learned over the years not to think of anything beyond the practicalities of getting from one point to another. To focus on the achievable.

Melina Marchetta

#90. I don't score highlight reel goals. They come from work, from getting into the corners, getting a little dirty.?

Zach Parise

#91. We want a crowd to make us feel important and liked. But why is getting a crowd our focus? Jesus never suggested that crowds were the goal. He never addresses getting your church to grow. Never.

Charles R. Swindoll

#92. In the Crusades, getting the Holy Land back was the goal, and any means could be used to achieve it. World War II was a crusade. The firebombing of Tokyo by Doolittle and the carpet bombing in Germany, especially by the British, showed that.

Stanley Hauerwas

#93. People who focus on 'getting better' goals (also known as Personal Bests) as opposed to performance goals have a much better chance of success.

Jill Konrath

#94. Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there. The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

#95. We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around.

Dani Shapiro

#96. the goal is to get old without getting feeble.

Lou Schuler

#97. Is getting filthy rich still your goal above all goals, your be-all and end-all, the mist-shrouded high-altitude spawning pond to your inner salmon?

Mohsin Hamid

#98. The value of getting to your goals lives not in reaching the goal but what the talents/strengths/capabilities the journey reveals to you.

Robin Sharma

#99. During a term in office there are highs and lows, but what counts is that the goal is set as well as the means to achieve it, and the force we put into getting results.

Francois Hollande

#100. He had every intention of becoming an alcoholic. It keeps you busy. Alcohol occupies every thought and provides a goal in times of despair: getting better.

Martin Page