Goals Quotes
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"Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves."
"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
"Aim higher in case you fall short."
"Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived."
"You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain."
"She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. 'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water."
"You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination."
"A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence."
"Like Alexander the Great and Caesar, I’m out to conquer the world. But first I have to stop at Walmart and pick up some supplies."
"You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle."
"It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What's hard, she said, is figuring out what you're willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about."
"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you."
"Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something."
"If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality."
"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."
"To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles."
"I was just shy of reaching my goal. My goal was to be more extroverted, so being just shy meant I completely failed."
"I was an adventurer, but she was not an adventuress. She was a 'wanderess.' Thus, she didn’t care about money, only experiences - whether they came from wealth or from poverty, it was all the same to her."
"I want to make something of myself. I believe it’s called a statue."
"Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand, and what you've been up there searching for forever, is in your hands. When you figure out love is all that matters after all it sure makes everything else seem so small."
"Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better."
"Cat: Where are you going?Alice: Which way should I go?Cat: That depends on where you are going.Alice: I don’t know.Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go."
"Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks."
"The wealthier I get, the more money I will have to not have, because my goal in getting is giving, and nothing is better than charity."
"Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live."
"know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it."
"What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve."
"When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you."
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"
"People will kill you. Over time. They will shave out every last morsel of fun in you with little, harmless sounding phrases that people uses every day, like: 'Be realistic!'"[What It Is (2009)]"
"You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it's enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up."
"People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals..that is..goals that do not inspire them."
"The world’s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focussed on their goals and have been consistent in their efforts."
"Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone."
"Become the leader of your life. Lead yourself to where you want to be. Breathe life back into your ambitions, your desires, your goals, your relationships."
"Not all dreamers are winners, but all winners are dreamers. Your dream is the key to your future. The Bible says that, "without a vision (dream), a people perish."You need a dream, if you're going to succeed in anything you do."
"Leaders live by choice, not by accident."
"If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what you want to be, if you live what some might call the dynamic life but what I will call the artistic life, if each day you are unsure of who you are and what you know you will never become anything, and that is your reward."
"So many people will tell you ”no”, and you need to find something you believe in so hard that you just smile and tell them ”watch me”. Learn to take rejection as motivation to prove people wrong. Be unstoppable. Refuse to give up, no matter what. It’s the best skill you can ever learn."
"There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A."
"We may place blame, give reasons, and even have excuses; but in the end, it is an act of cowardice to not follow your dreams."
"While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the water that nourishes the seed. Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success."
"The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow."
"Often people that settle in life are those that only do what they can with what they have and where they are. Never settle for someone that didn't know your worth from the beginning, or build a life without God in it. Live beyond your low expectations."
"What is given to you is what is needed; what you want, requires giving up what you don't need."
"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failures certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it."
"When you experience a negative circumstance or event, do not dwell on it. Be proactive — put your attention on what you need to do to bring the situation to a positive result."
"Each new friend gives rise to the possibility of anything!"
"Although goals are important, having a plan of action is vital to the success of those goals. Having a goal with no plan of action is like wanting to travel to a new destination without having a map."
"The pretty ones are usually unhappy. They expect everyone to be enamored of their beauty. How can a person be content when their happiness lies in someone else's hands, ready to be crushed at any moment? Ordinary-looking people are far superior, because they are forced to actually work hard to achieve their goals, instead of expecting people to fall all over themselves to help them."
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