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Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours.
Sep 10, 2025
You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.
The world makes way for the man with an idea.
The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going
Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.
If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.
Winners can tell you where they are going and what they plan to do along the way.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
The goal you set must be challenging. At the same time, it should be realistic and attainable, not impossible to reach. It should be challenging enough to make you stretch, but not so far that you break.
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.
Just put one foot in front of the other.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
The best way out is always through.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
If you think you can - you can!
We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
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.
I don't care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don't harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you're never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants
When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
If you can dream it, you can make it so.
Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm.
Always begin with the end in mind.
Begin with the end in mind.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.
If you don't know where you're going any road will do
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.