Quotes About Getting Close To Goal

#1. 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

#2. And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

George Eliot

#3. Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this boy and then that one kiss you, when it didn't mean a thing. But it was wonderful when Joe Willard kissed her. And it did mean a thing.

Maud Hart Lovelace

#4. I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford.

William Standish Knowles

#5. The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers.

Tim Bishop

#6. It was difficult to be polite when you wanted to run away.

Marissa Meyer

#7. I am now known as Nina Conti's father and it's wonderful.

Tom Conti

#8. 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

#9. Never thought i'd love one like you, I just wished.

Evans Biya

#10. Maybe this is what travel gives you - or gives you back, in most cases - that childlike sense of wonder, and with it a kidstyle openness where you want to finger-paint with anyone and everyone who shows

Rachel Friedman

#11. 'The system made me do it' is the perfect cop-out for today's managers.

Pankaj Ghemawat

#12. I see the lights every night. It seems like the whole world has figured out how to be happy, but no one's letting me in on the secret.

Leah Raeder

#13. Oh! to shoot for the stars if feels right. Aim for my heart if it feels right.

Maroon 5

#14. Education is all paint - it does not alter the nature of the wood that lies under it, it only improves its appearance a little. Why I dislike education so much is, that it makes all people alike, until you have examined into them; and it sometimes is so long before you get to see under the varnish!

Lady Hester Stanhope

#15. 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

#16. My father could be very distancing. My clearest memory is of him squatting, watering plants for hours and hours at a time, completely silent. He was very self-contained; my mother was more outgoing and chatty and social. I'm certainly more like her.

John Malkovich

#17. I don't explain love, Bart. I don't think anyone can. It grows from day to day from having contact with that other person who understands your needs, and you understand theirs. It starts with a faltering flutter that touches your heart and makes you vulnerable to everything beautiful.

V.C. Andrews

#18. Let your youth have free reign. It won't come again, so be bold, and no repenting.

Nikos Kazantzakis