Inspirational Quotes on Goals

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”

“CHAPTER VI Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One's Own Arms And Ability LET no one be surprised if, in speaking of entirely new principalities as I shall do, I adduce the highest examples both of prince and of state; because men, walking almost always in paths beaten by others, and following by imitation their deeds, are yet unable to keep entirely to the ways of others or attain to the power of those they imitate. A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savour of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach.”

“People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.”

“Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either master the devil or throw him out With wondrous potency.”

“May it not be that he loves chaos and destruction (there can be no disputing that he does sometimes love it) because he is instinctively afraid of attaining his object and completing the edifice he is constructing? Who knows, perhaps he only loves that edifice from a distance, and is by no means in love with it at close quarters; perhaps he only loves building it and does not want to live in it, but will leave it, when completed...”

“Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.”

“You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.”

“...goals not bathed in prayer or brought in humility before the Lord turn out to be downright useless. They don't go anywhere. They don't accomplish anything.”

“Но человек существо легкомысленное и неблаговидное и, может быть, подобно шахматному игроку, любит только один процесс достижения цели, а не самую цель.”

“- The aim of civilization is to enable us to get enjoyment out of everything. - Well, if that is its aim, I'd rather be a savage.”

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”

“The smile of God is the goal of your life.”

“If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”

“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.”

“Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.”

“True friends face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.”

“Wisdom is the power to see and the inclination to choose the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it.”

“Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.”

“You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.”