100 Quotes for Achieving Goals

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Most Inspiring Quotes for Achieving Goals

I am always combing the internet for the best quotes for achieving goals. I love setting and achieving goals. I try and surround myself with high achievers. When I can’t do that in person, I get motivation and inspiration from thought leaders from around the world.

Below are some of my favorites quotes for achieving goals. I probably could have included hundreds more, but I got goals to achieve, and you do too. I have narrowed my list of quotes about ambition and goals to 100. I hope you are inspired and motivated to make all of your dreams come true. Enjoy!

1. If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things?” – George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

2. “It’s not enough to want to make the effort and to say we’ll make the effort…It’s in the doing, not just the thinking, that we accomplish our goals. We if constantly put our goals off, we will never see them fulfilled. – Thomas S Monson

3. “None of us will become perfect in a day or a month or a year. We will not accomplish it in a lifetime, but we can begin now, starting with our more obvious weaknesses and gradually converting them into strengths.” – Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something

4. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

5. “The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.” – Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World

6. “We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.” – Stephen R. Covey, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

7. “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.” – Andrew Carnegie

8. “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” – Earl Nightingale

9. “Courage is required to make an initial thrust toward one’s coveted goal, but even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve. Have the determination to make the effort, the single-mindedness to work toward a worthy goal, and the courage not only to face the challenges that inevitably come but also to make a second effort, should such be required. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’”- Thomas S. Monson, Living the Abundant Life.

10. “The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” —Bill Copeland

11. “I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” – Michael Phelps

12. “When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” – Confucius

13. “Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.” – Robery H. Schuller

14. “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

15. “There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.” – Pete Maravich

16. “You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.” – Les Brown

17.“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”– Tony Robbins

18. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.” – Elon Musk

19. “All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.” – Orison Swett Marden

20. “Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” – Pablo Picasso

21. “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

22. “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

23. “One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” – Michael Korda

24. “All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do. ” – Norman Vincent Peale

25. “Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them. And there’s no telling what will happen when you act upon them.” – Jim Rohn

26. “A goal properly set is halfway reached.” – Zig Ziglar

27. “If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.” – Les Brown

28. “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

29. “The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact… those people have goals.” – Seth Godin

30. “If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.” – Lawrence J. Peter

31. “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

32. “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” –Les Brown

33. “Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don’t quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don’t quit until you reach it. Never quit.” – Bear Bryant

34. “The great 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

35. “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” – Zig Ziglar

36. “Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.” – Maya Angelou 

37. “You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” – Jim Rohn

38. “All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.” – Orison Swett Marden

39. “Everybody has their own Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.” – Seth Godin

40. “Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.” – J.C. Penney

41. “Intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.” – Andy Andrews

42. “Life is short, fragile and does not wait for anyone. There will NEVER be a perfect time to pursue your dreams and goals. ” – Unknown

43. “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” – Og Mandino

44. “Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.”- Viktor Frankl

45. “My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we always win out.” – Ronald Reagan

46. “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napoleon Hill

47. “Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.” – Denis Waitley (as quoted in Brian Tracy’s book, Eat That Frog)

48. “Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” – Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog

49. “Most “impossible” goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite size chunks, writing them down, believing them, and then going full speed ahead as if they were routine.” – Don Lancaster

50. “Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before.” – Polybius

51. “The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize.” – Richard Monckton Milnes

52. “It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

53. “In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.” – Author Unknown

54. “There are two things to aim at in life; first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.” – Logan Pearsall Smith

55. “Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.” –  David Joseph Schwartz

56. “I love the challenge of starting at zero every day and seeing how much I can accomplish.” – Martha Stewart

57. “The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender.” –  David Allen

58. “Be visionary about your goals.” – Sayam Asjad

59. “The only goals you don’t achieve in life are the goals you don’t set.”
– Matt Fox

60. “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” – James Cameron

61.“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

62.“Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.” – Venus Williams

63. “I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.” – Nadia Comaneci

64. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”– Albert Einstein

65. “I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done.”– Rachel Carson

66. “If a goal is worth having, it’s worth blocking out the time in your day-to-day life necessary to achieve it.”– Jill Koenig

67. “If we have a goal and a plan, and are willing to take risks and mistakes and work as team, we can choose to do the hard thing.” – Scott Kelly

68. “Goals are like a map. They help us determine where we want to end up, and give us personal direction on which to focus our energy.” – Catherine Pulsifer

69. “I know how it looks. But just start. Nothing is insurmountable.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

70. “Once you know specifically what you’re aiming for, you’ll find that you can muster up enthusiasm for your goal more easily.” –  AJ Winters

71. “Sometimes, I shake if I have to do something that I’ve never done before; maybe not noticeably, but inside. But I’ll do it, because I know it’s not an insurmountable task; I’ve done plenty of tasks in my life.” – Martha Stewart

72. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn

73. “Intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.” – Andy Andrews

74. “This one step – choosing a goal and sticking to it – changes everything.” – Scott Reed

75. “If you raise your standards but don’t really believe you can meet them, you’ve already sabotaged yourself. You won’t even try; you’ll be lacking the sense of certainty that allows you to tap the deepest capacity that’s within you… Our beliefs are like unquestioned commands, telling us how things are, what’s possible and impossible and what we can and can not do. They shape every action, every thought and every feeling that we experience. As a result, changing our belief systems is central to making any real and lasting change in our lives.” – Anthony Robbins

76. “Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.” – Thurgood Marshall

77. “Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.” – Stephen Covey

78. “Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.” – Gary Ryan Blair

79. “Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.” – Albert Einstein

80. “If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.” – Jim Rohn

81. “We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.” – Stephen Covey

82. “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.” – Les Brown

83. “If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you. Les Brown

84. “People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals – that is, goals that do not inspire them.” – Tony Robbins

85. “Don’t be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.” – Denis Waitley

86. “Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.” – Denis Waitley

87. “If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined.” – Paul J. Meyer

88. “Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you’ve started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can’t get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?” – Joyce Meyer

89. “Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people’s criticisms, carry out your plan.” – Paul J. Meyer

90. “Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don’t think we can achieve something beyond what we’re qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams?” – Simon Sinek

91. “Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals. Bo Bennett

92. “When it comes to tackling your financial goals, whatever they might be, there’s no time like the present.” – Suze Orman

93. “You’ve got to know what you want. This is central to acting on your intentions. When you know what you want, you realize that all there is left then is time management. You’ll manage your time to achieve your goals because you clearly know what you’re trying to achieve in your life.” – Patch Adams

94. “Don’t worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable – and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.” – Jocko Willink

95. “Clinicians, academicians, and politicians are often put to a test of faith. In pursuit of their goals, will their religion show or will it be hidden? Are they tied back to God or to man?” – Russell M. Nelson

96. “Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.” – Donald Rumsfeld

97. “Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.” – Robin S. Sharma

98. “Every accountable child of God needs to set goals, short- and long-range goals. A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet, and once a goal is accomplished, others can be set up.” – Ezra Taft Benson

99. “Year-end goals are terrific! Affirmations with goals are even better! And goals, affirmations, along with visualization is even more effective!” – Dan Pena

100.“I think journaling is a key to success. You can set clear goals for yourself. You can start noticing repetitive behavior patterns and see the type of things that keep bothering you, and then you can have a bird’s eye view of it.” – Eric Andre

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We hope you enjoyed our compilation of quotes for achieving goals. You see quotes on goals in life all of the time, but have you ever stopped and paid attention to them? Goals achieving starts with a goal and then a plan and finally, action.

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