Motivational Goal Quotes - Page 3

• We are what we do.
  Excellence, therefore, is not an act,  but a habit.

  Aristotle

  Motivational, Positive, Perseverance

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• You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  George Horace Lorimer (2016). “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son”, p.55, Lulu.com

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• By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Mark Victor Hansen (1989). “Future diary”

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• Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Determination

  "Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living" edited by John Little, (p. 121), 2000.

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• The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Denis Waitley (1985). “The Double Win”

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• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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• If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.112

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• To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspirational, Motivational, Clear Goals

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• You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential.

  Steve Garvey

  Goal, Talent, Stuck

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• You too can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aim and destination.

  W. Clement Stone

  Motivational, Meaningful, Target

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• You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.

  Chester Carlson

  Motivational, Success, Moving

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• When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Build what you want to see in the world.

  Jack Dorsey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Be the change you want to see.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.

  Seneca the Younger

  Goal, Management, Planning

  "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LXXI)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1920.

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• Be the trouble you want to see in the world.

  Joey Comeau

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "A Softer World". Webcomic by Joey Comeau,

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• The goal you set must be challenging. At the same time, it should be realistic and attainable, not impossible to reach. It should be challenging enough to make you stretch, but not so far that you break.

  Rick Hansen

  Motivational, Goal, Challenges

  Rick Hansen, Joan Laub (1994). “Going the distance: 7 steps to personal change”

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• Be the change you want to see in your networks

  James H. Fowler

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

  Stephen Brennan

  Inspirational, Business, Will And Determination

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  Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

  Jerry Rice

  Motivational, Success, Sports

  "Getting Earnest With Movement". Noisey Interveiw, noisey.vice.com.

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

  Brian Tracy, Azim Jamal (2016). “What You Seek Is Seeking You”, p.139, Jaico Publishing House

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• Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Change, Goal

  Twitter post from Dec 15, 2015

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