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  Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

  T. S. Eliot

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.1250, Faber & Faber

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• Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in the best way you know, and the Lord will accept of your effort.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Goal, Effort, Balance

  "Rise to the Stature of the Divine within You". Ensign magazine, p. 94, November 1989.

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• Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

  Doug Larson

  Inspirational, Positive, Running

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• Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them.

  Ronald McNair

  Goal, Achievement, Preparation

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• A goal properly set is halfway reached.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 02, 2014

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  The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

  Michelangelo

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.

  Michael Korda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Goal

  "Success!". Book by Michael Korda (p.36), 1977.

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• If you learn to set a good sail, the wind that blows will always take you to the dreams you want, the income you want, and the treasures of mind, purse, and soul you want.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Dream, Learning

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 22, 2016

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• All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Life, Struggle

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.155, Penguin

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• Set too many goals and keep adding more goals. Goals have a tendency to be realized all at once.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Motivational, Life And Love, Ambition

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• Young people need to be inspired, told they can achieve anything they set their minds to.

  Jim Stynes

  Inspirational, Success, Motivation

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• A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.

  Marcus Buckingham

  Happiness, Happy, Disappointment

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• The goal of a successful trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary.

  Alexander Elder

  Success, Money, Goal

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• If you don’t take the time to get really clear about exactly what it is you’re trying to accomplish, then you’re forever doomed to spend your life achieving the goals of those who do.

  Steve Pavlina

  Inspirational, Life, Time

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• The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

  Michelangelo

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

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• Direction, not intention determines your destination.

  Andy Stanley

  Inspirational, Attitude, Goal

  Twitter post from Jun 29, 2012

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• When the promise is clear, the price gets easy

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Success, Goal

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Feb 02, 2012

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• With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Confidence, Dream

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Oct 07, 2014

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• I've always believed that I could do whatever I set my mind to do.

  Alice Coachman

  Inspirational, Success, Believe

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• The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Business, Military

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 09, 2016

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• 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.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Attitude, Failure

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.92, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Goal, Challenges

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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• It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.

  Benjamin E. Mays

  Lying, Goals Dreams, Mind

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• It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs, therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity.

  Isocrates

  Depression, Wisdom, Mistake

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• If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Einstein: A Centenary Volume". Book by A.P. French, p. 32, 1980.

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