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69 Inspirational Goal-Setting Quotes

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Setting goals is important for people of all ages, no matter how big or small the goal. We all need some encouragement to help us turn our dreams into reality. Try some goal-setting with your class with this list of our favorite goal-setting quotes, perfect for using as writing or discussion prompts. 

Our Favorite Goal-Setting Quotes

“if you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” —albert einstein.

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” —Rabindranath Tagore

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” —Robert H. Schuller

“In order to know where you’re headed, you must be aware of your own personal goals.” —Brian Cagneey

“The world’s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focused on their goals and have been consistent in their efforts.” —Dr. Roopleen

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“People with goals succeed because they know where they are going.” —Earl Nightingale

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

“Always stay true to yourself, and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.” —Michelle Obama

“A year from now, you may wish you had started today.” —Karen Lamb

“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” —Stephen Hawking

“If you’re bored with life, if you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don’t have enough goals.” —Lou Holtz

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

“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

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

“you can do anything if you set goals. you just have to push yourself.” —rj mitte.

“You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.” —Ted Turner

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

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” —C.S. Lewis

“It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb. Continue to seek new goals.” —Pat Summitt

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

“one part at a time, one day at a time, we can accomplish any goal we set for ourselves.” —karen casey.

“The great glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live with purpose.” —Michel de Montaigne

“your goal should be just out of reach but not out of sight.” —remi witt.

“Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself.” —J. Howes

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” —Steve Jobs

“you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” —stephen king.

“Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.” —George Whitefield

“Every twist and turn in life is an opportunity to learn something new about yourself, your interests, your talents, and how to set and then achieve goals.” —Jameela Jamil

“With consistency and reps and routine, you’re going to achieve your goals and get where you want to be.” —Mandy Rose

“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” —Jessica Savitch

“I believe in the saying, ‘If you aim at nothing, you’re going to hit nothing.’ So if you don’t set goals, then you have nowhere to go.” —Taylor Lautner

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

“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

“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

“Successful people do things that the average person is not willing to do. They make sacrifices the average person is not willing to make. But the difference it makes is extraordinary.” —Brian Tracy

“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

“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

“Without dreams and goals, there is no living, only merely existing, and that is not why we are here.” —Mark Twain

“My goal is not to be better than anyone else but to be better than I used to be.” —Wayne Dyer

“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

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

“personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.” —denis waitley.

“A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.” —Greg S. Reid

“The real value of setting and achieving goals lies not in the rewards you receive but in the person you become as a result of reaching your goals.” —Robin Sharma

“Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.” —Tim Blixseth

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” —Sir Edmund Hillary

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” —Zig Ziglar

“Goals transform a random walk into a chase.” —Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals.” —Paul J. Meyer

“Becoming a star may not be your destiny, but being the best you can be is a goal that you can set for yourself.” —Brian Lindsay

“The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.” —Og Mandino

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

“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” —Brian Tracy

“Rowing harder doesn’t help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.” —Kenichi Ohmae

“Begin with the end in mind.” —Stephen Covey

“Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.” —Theodore Roosevelt

“Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the kind of person who can.” —Anonymous

“Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground.” —Ralph Marston

“In all things that you do, consider the end.” —Solon

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” —Japanese Proverb

“Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.” —Tony Hsieh

“A good goal is like a strenuous exercise—it makes you stretch.” —Mary Kay Ash

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

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

“a good archer is known not by his arrows but by his aim.” —thomas fuller.

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” —Jim Rohn

“Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.” —David Ogilvy

“people with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.” —earl nightingale.

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150 Epic Goal Setting Quotes For A Successful Year

Every year, I set aside some personal goals as well as professional goals for myself. The one thing that actually helps me to stay committed to my goals is a list of my favourite goal-setting quotes.

When it comes to accomplishing a goal, the first step that comes to my mind is realistic goal setting. Many people use the SMART framework for this.

Goal setting allows us to precisely visualize what needs to be done and how to accomplish these goals.

As an employer, it must be a constant nightmare to keep your employees motivated enough to accomplish the organizational goals.

According to a Towers Watson study , only half of the participating organizations say they effectively work with employees to set individual performance goals.

If you're wondering why your employees aren't meeting all of their targets, this could be one of the reasons.

There are various ways to motivate employees to reach their goals and objectives, such as:

• Employee engagement
• Strong company culture
• Effective recognition

But there is another simple and easy way- uplifting goal-setting quotes.

Inspiring goal-setting quotes are an excellent approach to keep your staff motivated to achieve their objectives and be their best selves.

150 Goal Setting Quotes To Build Motivation

Decorate your office with these 150 goal-setting quotes and witness how employee productivity soars.

Place these goal-setting quotes on desks, walls, and notice boards. Print it out, send them regularly through emails, put them up on notice boards.

We are confident that at least one of these goal-setting quotes will motivate your employees to get started on accomplishing their goals!

1. Les Brown

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.

2. Jim Rohn

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.

3. Brian Tracy

Successful people do things that the average person is not willing to do. They make sacrifices the average person is not willing to make. But the difference it makes is extraordinary.

3. Orison Swett Marden

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.

4. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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.

5. Michael Phelps

I think goals should never be easy. They should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

6. Mark Twain

Without dreams and goals, there is no living, only merely existing, and that is not why we are here.

7. Albert Einstein

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

8. Wayne Dyer

My goal is not to be better than anyone else but to be better than I used to be.

9. Benjamin E. Mays

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.

10. Don Lancaster

Most impossible goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite-size chunks, writing them down, believing them, and going full speed ahead as if they were routine.

11. Henry David Thoreau

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

12. Estee Lauder

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.

13. Mary Kay Ash

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.

14. Tom Hiddleston

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.

15. Rabindranath Tagore

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream, precedes the goal.

16. Robert H. Schuller

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

17. Tina Fey

You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.

18. Benjamin Elijah Mays

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 goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.

19. Denis Waitley

Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.

20. Greg S. Reid

A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.

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21. Brian Cagneey

In order to know where you're headed, you must be aware of your own personal goals.

22. Robin Sharma

The real value of setting and achieving goals lies not in the rewards you receive but in the person you become as a result of reaching your goals.

23. Og Mandino

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.

24. Ronald Reagan

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.

25. Logan Pearsall Smith

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.

26. Roopleen

The world’s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focused on their goals and have been consistent in their efforts.

27. Richelle E. Goodrich

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

28. Tim Blixseth

Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.

29. Will Smith

I never viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working.

30. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

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31. Sir Edmund Hillary

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

32. Earl Nightingale

People with goals succeed because they know where they are going.

33. Zig Ziglar

34. michelangelo.

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.

35. Tony Robbins

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

36. Elon Musk

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

37. Michelle Obama

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

38. Maria Sharapova

I’m not the next anyone- I’m the first.

39. Peter Diamandis

What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. It’s persistence. It’s making your own luck.

40. Karen Lamb

A year from now, you may wish you had started today.

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41. Mark Zuckerberg

This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us. It gives us latitude to go out and make big bets that excite and amaze people.

42. Amelia Earhart

Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off! But if you don’t have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.

43. Magnus Carlsen

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

44. Stephen Hawking

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

45. Hippocrates

Life is short, the art long.

46. Lou Holtz

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

47. Andrew Carnegie

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

48. Pablo Picasso

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.

49. Steve Garvey

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.

50. Mark Victor Hansen

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.

51. Bill Copeland

The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.

52. Michael Korda

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

53. Norman Vincent Peale

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.

54. RJ Mitte

You can do anything if you set goals. You just have to push yourself.

55. Yuichiro Miura

It’s important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

56. Ted Turner

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.

57. Seth Godin

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.

58. Lawrence J. Peter

If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

59. Bear Bryant

Never quit. It is the easiest copout 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.

60. Bruce Lee

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

61. Henry Ford

62. c.s. lewis.

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

63. Pat Summitt

It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb. Continue to seek new goals.

64. Rachel Carson

I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done.

65 Jill Koenig

If a goal is worth having, it’s worth blocking out the time in your daytoday life necessary to achieve it.

66. Tony Hsieh

Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.

67. Bo Bennett

A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.

68. Horace Kallen

The going is the goal.

69. Anonymous

Dream don’t work unless you do.

70. Mario Cuomo

There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.

71. Karen Casey

One part at a time, one day at a time, we can accomplish any goal we set for ourselves.

72. Viktor Frankl

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

73. Michel de Montaigne

The great glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live with purpose.

74. Remi Witt

Your goal should be just out of reach, but not out of sight.

75. Andy Andrews

Intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.

76.Anonymous

If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan, but never the goal.

77.Thomas Fuller

A good archer is known not by his arrows but by his aim.

78. J. Howes

Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself.

79. Franklin Roosevelt

To reach a port, we must sail Sail, not tie at anchor Sail, not drift.

80. Steve Jobs

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

81. Stephen King

You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

82. Robert Herjavec

A goal without a timeline is just a dream.

83. Anonymous

A river cuts through a rock, not because of its power but its persistence.

84. George Whitefield

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

85. Diana Scharf

Goals are dreams with deadlines.

86. Lin Manuel Miranda

I know how it looks. But just start. Nothing is insurmountable.

87. C.S. Lewis

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

88. John Glenn

To sit back and let fate play its hand out and never influence it is not the way man was meant to operate.

89. Lee Haney

Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.

90. Jodi Rell

At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.

91. Anonymous

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

92. Jameela Jamil

Every twist and turn in life is an opportunity to learn something new about yourself, your interests, your talents, and how to set and then achieve goals.

93. Mandy Rose

With consistency and reps and routine you're going to achieve your goals and get where you want to be.

94. Jessica Savitch

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.

95. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Goals transform a random walk into a chase.

96. Don Yaeger

Camaraderie doesn't happen by accident; developing a strong sense of trust, accountability, and togetherness around team goals requires intentional effort.

97. Taylor Lautner

I believe in the saying, 'If you aim at nothing, you're going to hit nothing.' So if you don't set goals, then you have nowhere to go.

98. Larry Bird

A winner is someone who recognizes his Godgiven talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

99. Michael Oher

Do what's best for you, and do it to the best of your ability go after your goals like nobody's business.

100. James Cameron

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

101. Confucius

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action step.

102. Katie Ledecky

I would encourage you to set really high goals. Set goals that, when you set them, you think they're impossible. But then every day you can work towards them, and anything is possible, so keep working hard and follow your dreams.

103. Paul J. Meyer

Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals.

104. Hannah Bronfman

Goals give us purpose, which, in turn, motivates us to make ourselves the best version in all aspects of your life.

105. Ryan Holiday

We all have goals: We want to matter. We want to be important. We want to have freedom and power to pursue our creative work. We want respect from our peers and recognition for our accomplishments. Not out of vanity or selfishness, but of an earnest desire to fulfill our personal potential.

106. Julius Erving

Goals determine what you're going to be.

107. Sherry Argov

Bending over backwards does not bring you the love and attention you crave, but having your own life, your own goals and a backbone will.

108. Nonito Donaire

The motivation is in my heart to work toward my goals and my dreams.

109. Bo Jackson

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

110. Venus Williams

Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.

111. Louisa May Alcott

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

112. Paulo Coelho

Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

113. Seneca the Younger

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

114. Yogi Berra

If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.

115. Idowu Koyenikan

To dream of success is to set a goal of where you want to be; to wake up, take action, and achieve it is what true success is all about.

I think that your mind can create almost everything, and that is true for you. Your mind and imagination are fact.

117. Roy T. Bennett

Great goals make great people. People cannot hit what they do not aim for.

118. Suzanne Collins

Aim higher in case you fall short.

119. Dr. Roopleen

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.

120. Napoleon Hill

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.

121. E. Joseph Cossman

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

122. Criss Jami

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.

123. Norman Peale

What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.

124. Harsha Bhogle

The moment you put a deadline on your dream, it becomes a goal.

125. Thomas Fowell Buxton

With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.

126. Jack Canfield

If you get clear on the what, the how will be taken care of.

127. Bob Proctor

Set a goal to achieve something that is so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at the same time.

128. Richie Norton

It’s not about getting out of your comfort zone to reach your goal. It's about widening your comfort zone so far that your goal fits comfortably inside. Once you do that, hitting your goals will be like hitting 3s for Steph Curry.

129. Cecil B. DeMille

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

130. Sunday Adelaja

A purposeless and goalless life is meaningless.

131. J. P. Morgan

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

132. Muhammad Ali

Impossible is just a word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they have been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

133. Anonymous

Have goals, pursue them but don't work with fear of a burning fuse behind you. Don’t rush the destination the only way to get there is to enjoy the journey. It's not a race, it's a masterpiece painting. Relish every stroke.

134. Gary Ryan Blair

A goal is so much more than a thought in your head. It’s a profound message about who you are and what you are capable of.

135. W. Clement Stone

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

136. Lynn Davies

It’s perseverance that’s the key. It’s persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

137. Abraham Lincoln

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

138. Anonymous

If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan but never the goal.

139. Anonymous

Set a goal that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning.

140. Harriet Tubman

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

141. Malcolm S. Forbes

When you cease to dream you cease to live.

142. Greyson Chance

Chase your dreams. Don’t wait until the dreams come true.

143. Avijeet Das

That’s what life is for: dreaming and chasing that dream!

144. Eleanor Roosevelt

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

145. Pamela Vaull Starr

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

146. Robert Louis Stevenson

Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.

147. Nora Roberts

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t step forward, you are always in the same place.

148. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

149. Steve Maraboli

You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously.

150. Mike Krieger

Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things.

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10 Great Quotes on the Power of Goals Setting goals is the first step to accomplishing anything meaningful.

By Matt Mayberry • Jan 18, 2017

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As January is officially upon us and most people are working on their resolutions and goals for the year ahead, I thought it would be very fitting to compile a list of some of my favorite quotes on goals and share them with you.

I suggest at the end of each week when you have a weekly review and analyze where you are in the process of achieving your goals, that you take a look at some of the below quotes. They will remind you not only the importance of setting goals and then working hard to attain them, but to keep fighting even when the going gets tough.

Here are 10 of my favorite quotes on goals.

1. Never have a lack of goals.

"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

Having goals that we are passionate about gives us something to look forward to each and every morning when we wake up. Not having goals is an excellent recipe for average living.

Related: The 4 People Who Will Help You Achieve Your Goals

2. Vision is everything.

"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else." –Lawrence J. Peter

Highly successful organizations and individuals all have an extremely clear vision of where they are going.

3. Dream enormously big.

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." –Les Brown

Nothing has benefited my life more than shooting for the moon and dreaming enormously big dreams. When you dream big and shoot for the moon, you are forcing yourself to get out of your comfort zone.

4. Persistence makes all the difference.

"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

If you are passionate about a goal or dream of yours then don't stop until you achieve it. Do whatever it takes. Persisting in the face of adversity is what builds champions.

Related: You'll Never Accomplish Goals You Don't Really Care About

5. Goals give our lives meaning.

"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

Setting goals and then working ridiculously hard to achieve them sets you on the path of living a purpose driven life.

6. True success is all about working towards meaningful goals and dreams.

"A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at." –Bruce Lee

Achieving our goals and dreams is fantastic but that's not the most important thing about setting goals. The most important thing is the type person that we become along the way.

7. Stop playing small.

"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

There are no benefits what so ever from playing small and setting your aim too low.

Related: I Tried Google Goals for a Week. The Result: I Meditated, Hydrated and Hibernated More Than I Ever Have Before.

8. Where are you headed?

"If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time." –Zig Ziglar

If you don't set goals for your life then it's almost certain that you will be very disappointed with your results. Aiming at nothing is setting yourself up to achieve nothing.

9. Stay focused at all times.

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." –Henry Ford

When we take our eyes off of our goals, anxiety, worry, and doubt immediately begin to take over. Stay focused on what matters most at all times. Picture yourself achieving your goals and what that feels like instead of the obstacles that you will experience along the way.

10. It's never too late.

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." –C.S. Lewis

There is no such thing as being too old to change your life and set new goals and dreams for yourself. Nelson Mandela was 75 years old when he was the oldest elected president of South Africa. Dimitrion Yordandis was 98 years old when he finished a 26 mile marathon on October 10th, 1976. Don't ever say you are too old.

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Take a look at a select set of thought provoking and inspirational mission quotes related to decision making.

"Make your life a mission - not an intermission." - Arnold H. Glasgow, American Psychologist

"My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature." - Jane Goodall (1934 - ), English Anthropologist

"Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission." - Pat Riley (1945 - ), Former American Basketball Player and Coach

"Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), German Author

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal." - Henry Ford (1863 - 1947), American Industrialist and Founder of the Ford Motor Company

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." - Zig Ziglar (1926 - ), Motivational Speaker and Author

"Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent." - Jan Peter Balkenende (1956 - ), Dutch Politician

"Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies. First we have a question, then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions lead us toward the answers, which usually are synchronistically provided by the wisdom of another human being." - James Redfield (1950 - ), American Author, Lecturer, and Film Producer

"In the midst of excitement, grief, joy, and solitude, I remind myself every moment that the sole mission of my life is to find 'the ultimate questioner' - that unimaginable who has put me in this madness to answer an unanswerable question." - Kedar Joshi (1979 - ), Indian Philosopher and Writer

"It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny." - Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), American Writer and Philosopher

"Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission." - Colin Powell (1937 - ), American Statesman and Retired Four-star General in the United States Army

"Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions." - Charles A. Garfield (1831 - 1881), 20th President of the United States

"Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of simple ways too, have it in some form and in some degree. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. If we abandon that mission under stress we shall abandon it forever, for stress will not cease. Knowledge for the sake of understanding, not merely to prevail, that is the essence of our being. None can define its limits, or set its ultimate boundaries." - Vannevar Bush (1890 - 1974), American Engineer

"Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it." - Viktor E. Frankl (1905 - 1997), Austrian Neurologist and Psychiatrist

"We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings." - Abraham H. Maslow (1908 - 1970), American Psychologist

"How do you know if your mission in life is finished? If you're still alive, it isn't." - Richard Bach (1936 - ), American Author

"Can you have more than one major MISSION pervading your life? NO. That would be like coming to a fork in the road and trying to go both ways by straddling it." - Charles A. Garfield (1831 - 1881), 20th President of the United States

"America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman. " - George W. Bush (1946 - ), 43rd President of the United States

"Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission. " - Andrew Jackson (1767 - 1845), Seventh President of the United States

"If you want to take your mission in life to the next level, if you're stuck and you don't know how to rise, don't look outside yourself. Look inside. Don't let your fears keep you mired in the crowd. Abolish your fears and raise your commitment level to the point of no return, and I guarantee you that the Champion Within will burst forth to propel you toward victory." - Bruce Jenner (1949 - ) Former U.S. track and Field Athlete, and Motivational Speaker

"The difference between goals and mission is reflected in the difference between I want to get married and I want to have a successful marriage." - Author Unknown

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Without a mission statement, you may get to the top of the ladder and then realize it was leaning against the wrong building!

A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.

If you don't set your goals based upon your Mission Statement, you may be climbing the ladder of success only to realize, when you get to the top, you're on the WRONG building.

Begin with the end in mind.

An empowering mission statement has to become a living document, part of our very nature, so that the criteria we've put into it are also in us, in the way we live our lives day by day.

A personal mission statement becomes the DNA for every other decision we make.

It's not enough to have values without vision ; you want to be good, but you want to be good for something. On the other hand, vision without values can create a Hitler . An empowering mission statement deals with both character and competence; what you want to be and what you want to do in your life.

Most corporate mission statements are worthless. They consist largely of pious platitudes such as: "We will hold ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism and ethical behavior." They often formulate necessities as objectives; for example, "to achieve sufficient profit." This is like a person saying his mission is to breathe sufficiently.

Creating and integrating an empowering personal mission statement is one of the most important investments we can make.

That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.

You basically get what you reward. If you want to achieve the goals and reflect the values in your mission statement, then you need to align the reward system with these goals and values.

Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.

Where you allow your attention to go ultimately says more about you as a human being than anything that you put in your mission statement.

Always begin with the end in mind.

I define personal success as being consistent to my own personal mission statement: to love God and love others.

There is something to be said about a pastor and a church that develop a missions statement and the people take ownership of it. They get their identity, purpose, and energy from the unique place their church is to be in that community.

If we took the mission statements of 100 large industrial companies, mixed them up while everyone was asleep, and reassigned them at random, would anyone wake up tomorrow and cry, 'My gosh, where has our mission statement gone?'

we must never forget that people buy into the leader before they buy into a mission statement.

One of my mission statements with all of my art has been to stop the world for people. I want to stop the worrying and stop the world.

A polarizing mission statement forces the reader to choose between two sides of a line drawn in the sand. Rare is the business owner who has the courage to craft such a statement.

From very early on, I've realized that and I have a mission statement with my songs to entertain, to encourage and to challenge the Body of Christ. That's always kind of the focus of the songs that I write for myself.

I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform people's lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home.

Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.

Your mission statement says Galer Street is based on global "connectitude." (You people don't just think outside the box, you think outside the dictionary!)

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Do you ever feel like you’re just drifting through life? Have you ever asked yourself what more you could be doing with the abilities and talents you possess?

Many people have had the same feeling and asked the same question in their quest for a more meaningful life. The truth is, we all hunger for a sense of purpose—something that becomes our reason for getting up every morning .

A personal mission statement is a concise representation of this purpose. Having one gives you a destination in life.

In this article, we’re sharing a compilation of personal mission statement quotes to help you discover your life’s purpose.

Hopefully, these quotes will inspire you to craft your own personal mission statement .

Before heading on to the quotes, let’s talk about specific reasons why a personal mission statement is important.

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Why Do You Need a Personal Mission Statement?

As mentioned earlier, a mission statement provides you with a sense of purpose.

It clarifies the goals you want to achieve. This short statement allows you to stay on track and ensure that you’re working toward the goals that are aligned with your purpose.

When you have a personal mission statement, you’ll find that it is liberating to base your decisions and actions on it. Distractions are minimized or even avoided entirely.

Considering that your personal mission statement is the foundation of your actions and decisions, you’ll also discover that success comes more easily.

If you already have a personal mission statement, the following quotes can serve as additional inspiration as you continue to live out your life’s purpose .

This list of quotes is an affirmation of all that you have worked on to gain a deeper understanding of who you truly are and what you’re meant to do in this lifetime.

Here they are!

55 Personal Mission Quotes

• “ The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It focused on what you want to be (character) and to do (contributions and achievements) and on the values or principles upon which being and doing are based. ” – Stephen Covey
• “ Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements. ” – Ron Livingston
• “ Make your life a mission – not an intermission. ” – Arnold H. Glasgow
• “ To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal. ” – Abdul Kalam
• “ Mission defines strategy, and strategy defines structure. ” – Peter F. Drucker
• “ Without a mission statement, you may get to the top of the ladder and then realize it was leaning against the wrong building! ” – Dave Ramsey
• “ The mission of your life should be to leave a better world behind than what you inherited. ” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
• “ Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill. ” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• “ Surround yourself with those who are on the same mission as you. ” – Richard Blackmore
• “ Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. ” – Zig Ziglar
• “ A mission statement is not something you write overnight… But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life. ” – Stephen Covey
• “ Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive it isn't. ” – Richard Bach
• “ Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. ” – Henry Ford

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

• “ The only permission, the only validation, and the only opinion that matters in our quest for greatness is our own. ” – Steve Maraboli
• “ Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it. ” – Buddha
• “ I define personal success as being consistent to my own personal mission statement: to love God and love others. ” – Joel Manby
• “ To ensure that your work is also a play, I recommend that you develop a personal mission statement. This will help you find what it is to enjoy so much that you lose track of time when you're doing it. ” – Ken Blanchard
• “ What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. ” – Zig Ziglar

• “ You are here for a special mission. There is a purpose of your life. Find that purpose of your life, work on it and live your life happily. ” – Raaz Ojha
• “ The most extraordinary people in the world today don’t have a career. They have a mission. ” – Vishen Lakhiani
• “ Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. ” – Viktor Frankl
• “ We all have a purpose in life, and when you find yours you will recognize it. ” – Catherine Pulsifer
• “ The secret of success is constancy to purpose. ” – Benjamin Disraeli
• “ Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. ” – Jan Peter Balkenende
• “ A man with money is no match against a man on a mission. ” – Doyle Brunson
• “ When you discover your mission… it will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it. ” – W. Clement Stone
• “ There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born and how you become most truly alive. ” – Oprah Winfrey
• “ Success demands singleness of purpose. ” – Vincent Lombardi
• “ Life without purpose is like a body without soul. ” – Tasneem Hameed

• “ Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies. First, we have a question, then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions lead us toward the answers, which usually are synchronistically provided by the wisdom of another human being. ” – James Redfield
• “ A warrior’s mission is to foster the success of others. ” – Morihei Ueshiba
• “ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some humor, and some style. ” – Maya Angelou
• “ It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. ” – Winston Churchill
• “ Anything and everything you have experienced has been purposeful; it has brought you to where you are now. ” – Iyanla Vanzant
• “ To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist. ” – Oscar Wilde
• “ In the midst of excitement, grief, joy, and solitude, I remind myself every moment that the sole mission of my life is to find ‘the ultimate questioner' — that unimaginable who has put me in this madness to answer an unanswerable question. ” – Kedar Joshi
• “ The bigger your mission becomes, the greater inspiration you will be given. ” – Ryuho Okawa
• “ Greatness is a life mission, being the best is not about being better than anyone else but striving to be the best that you can and bringing out the best in others. ” – Dominick Cruz
• “ People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. ” – Dalai Lama
• “ Knowing your life purpose is the first step toward living a truly conscious life. A life purpose provides us with a clear goal, a set finish line that you truly want to reach. ” – Simon Foster
• “ The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder. ” – Thomas Carlyle
• “ Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions. ” – Charles A. Garfield

• “ He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. ” – Friedrich Nietzsche
• “ Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it. ” – Viktor Frankl
• “ Having a purpose is the difference between making a living and making a life. ” – Tom Thiss
• “ Discovering your purpose is the most significant thing you will do in your life, and you, your loved ones, and the world will be better off because you went on this journey. ” – Mastin Kipp
• “ The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ” – Pablo Picasso

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ” – Pablo Picasso

• “ We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings. ” – Abraham H. Maslow
• “ The two most important days in life are the day you born and the day you discover the reason why. ” – Mark Twain
• “ Until your mission is an obsession, nothing will change in your life. ” – Robin Sharma
• “ What matters most in a purposeful life is giving ones fullest strength to ones cause. Great efforts assure satisfaction, while common efforts can lead to regrets. ” – John Soforic
• “ Understanding purpose is one thing, but recognizing the importance of having purpose is another. Everybody has a unique purpose in their life, whether it be to help others, provide for family, or be free. ” – Ben Gothard
• “ The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose. ” – Charles Dickens
• “ Can you have more than one major mission pervading your life? No. That would be like coming to a fork in the road and trying to go both ways by straddling it. ” – Charles A. Garfield
• “ The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. ” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Final Thoughts on Personal Mission Statement Quotes

There you have it—a list of the finest personal mission statement quotes to inspire and motivate you to live in alignment with your true purpose.

We hope you enjoyed reading these words as much as we enjoyed compiling them.

If you are looking for more resources about personal mission statements, you can check out these amazing personal mission statement examples . Finally, here is a five-step guide to writing your personal mission statement .

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