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Without goals there can be no progress towards a solution - "Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal."

A Select Collection of Goal Quotes

Louis Pasteur:
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.
 
Les Brown:
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.
 
Arnold H. Glasgow:
Make your life a mission-not an intermission.
 
Aristotle:
Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
 
Elbert Hubbard:
Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.
 
Helen Keller:
Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.
It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
 
Cecil B. DeMille:
Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That's dedication.
 
Stephen Hawking:
My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it as it is and why it exists as all.
 
Ronald Reagan:
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
 
Denis Waitley:
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
 
George Shinn:
There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.
 
Scott Reed:
This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.
 
Orison Swett Marden:
We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
 
Maxwell Maltz:
We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.
 
Henry David Thoreau:
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success.
 
Zig Ziglar:
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
 
Nido Qubein:
When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.
 
Napoleon Hill:
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
 
Greg Anderson:
When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing -- then we truly live life.
 
Denis Waitley:
When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue
the climb.

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