Quotes about Goals

A dream is a vision, a goal is a promise. You can keep your promises to yourself by remaining flexible, focused, and committed. Denis Waitley

A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline. Harvey Mackay

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. It is what you would like life to become. A goal is what, specifically, you intend to make happen. Goals should be just out of your present reach, but not out of sight. Denis Waitley

A winner concentrates on that which is goal achieving rather than tension relieving. Denis Waitley

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. Larry Bird

Goals are incredible important...or impotent. You decide. Doug Firebaugh

Goals are like stepping-stones to the stars. They should never be used to put a ceiling or a limit on achievement. Denis Waitley

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen Keller

If you know what to do to reach your goal, it's not a big enough goal. Bob Proctor

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Harold B. Melchart

Make every goal clear, specific, measurable, and time bounded. Brian Tracy

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Henry Ford

People don't fail because they aim too high and miss the mark. People fail because they aim too low and hit the mark.  Les Brown

Planning is a real waste of time.... for those who waste time. Doug Firebaugh

Set clear goals and make written plans for each part of your life. Brian Tracy

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. Tom Landry (1924-2000) Professional football player and coach

Setting goals is one of the most important things you can do to guarantee your personal, professional and financial success. Goals are like a road map to your target destination. Each goal accomplished is another mile behind you on the way to where you want to be. Mark Victor Hansen

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. Ben Stein

The more reasons you have for achieving your goal, the more determined you will become. Brian Tracy

This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything. Scott Reed

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. Omar N. Bradley (1893-1981) U.S. Army General