Quotes About Lofty Goals

#1. I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.

Linus Torvalds

#2. When I write, I'm looking to turn you on and tell a good story. No more, no less. No lofty goals here.

Kirsten McCurran

#3. Map out lofty goals ... include reasonable checkpoints along the way ... refine, improve, and enhance your behavior in alignment with your goals ... . that is the dynamic of true leadership and the formula for success.

Steve Maraboli

#4. When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.

Zach Johnson

#5. To lead people or influence them, we must first align ourselves with them. By identifying with individuals or groups, we gain their confidence and can then lead them into a higher understanding or direct them to the achievement of lofty goals.

Wu Wei

#6. I have some really lofty goals that don't even scratch upon the Olympics.

Mikaela Shiffrin

#7. The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.

Ted Turner

#8. Searching outside oneself for what can only be found within can lead to a life lived in the wrong direction and sacrifices made for the wrong reasons. People can wind up alienated from themselves even if they achieve lofty goals set by others.

Michael Meade

#9. To all of the young people out there who are creating social change or even fomenting social movements: hold on to your idealism and your belief in your ability to change the world. Your lofty goals demand attention and deserve support.

Lynn Schusterman

#10. As president, my father will take on the bold and worthy fights. He will be unafraid to set lofty goals, and he will be relentless in his determination to achieve them.

Ivanka Trump

#11. When you aimlessly shoot for lofty goals, with no personal connection to them, you loose sight of what really matters, and what will really make you content.

Jinkx Monsoon

#12. Of capital importance is to have a good diet and exercise a lot.

Evelyn Lauder

#13. Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the direction of your goals - however mundane or lofty they may be.

Jack Canfield

#14. The attempt to interpret human behavior in terms of models derived from the natural sciences eventually destroys personal responsibility.

Lesslie Newbigin

#15. Everyone lives a self-centered life ... whether its trivial like what's for breakfast, or more ambitious, like achieving some lofty goal, a person is constantly on her own mind.

T.M. Goeglein

#16. Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level - neither too low nor too high. A good goal should be lofty enough to inspire hard work, yet realistic enough to provide solid hope of attainment.

Greg Norman

#17. I'm big on setting goals, but I also think that if you have too many lofty ambitions and set goals for everything, you can sabotage your efforts by overextending your brain.

Jean Chatzky

#18. Because our goals are not lofty but illusory, our problems are not difficult, but nonsensical.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

#19. lofty dreams in the distant future are a difficult burden to carry. The best goals may be those you can handle in the next week, the next day, the next hour, or the next step; create a process that yields many small successes." "Many

Dan Millman

#20. Pain and suffering only occur in temporal time. They don't occur in the world of forever. They only occur in limited transient time, which is a state of mind.

Frederick Lenz

#21. Believing in who you are is a major part of a powerful combination for success.

Darren Johnson

#22. I'm not on Twitter, but I am on Instagram and follow Lena Dunham and Usher.

Michelle Dockery

#23. Today is the word for winners and tomorrow is the word for losers

Robert Kiyosaki

#24. As a kid, I think I wanted to be the on-set dresser for 'Charlie's Angels'. My goals weren't lofty. No. I just wanted to someday quit my paper round and that was about it.

Ryan Reynolds

#25. Like most women, I hate when a guy tries to pick me up by saying, You are the hottest girl I've ever seen. It's totally unrealistic. There are beautiful women everywhere.

Karen McDougal

#26. Her parents' professional lives served as shining examples of what could be gained from setting lofty and individually unique goals and pursuing them with passion and hard work.

Lisa Genova

#27. I've never been someone to count lines, look at it that way.

James Badge Dale

#28. No matter where I'm going, I always have sunglasses, a book, and some gum in my carry-on.

Dylan Penn

#29. Bob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog.

Bob Cousy