Goal Quotes

Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition.

If it had gone in, it would have been a goal.

I don't want to compare Bowditch to Matt Le Tissier, but the way he scored his goal was similar to Matt.

It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic.

Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites.

The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.

The dear good people don't know how long it takes to learn to read. I've been at it eighty years, and can't say yet that I've reached the goal.

Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation.

In the long and dogged crusade that the human race has fought in favor of democracy, the ideal of liberty, of freedom, has always been the goal.

Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals.

Don't ever be impressed with goal setting. Be impressed with goal getting.

Goals may give focus, but dreams give power.

Goals not only help you develop initial motivation by making your dreams obtainable, but they also help you continue to be motivated and that creates momentum.

The goal of the pastor is not to get people to show up but to get people to grow up.

Hopefully as you get older you get more selfless. That would be probably a good goal. I don't know if we do, though.

I'm not really a goal-oriented guy. I started doing the Mountain Goats just for the sheer hell of it.

Not perfection as a final goal, but the ever-enduring process of perfecting, maturing, refining is the aim of living.

Social engaged intellectuals must accept reality as they found it and shape it toward positive social goals, not stand aside in self-righteous isolation.

The clearer you are about why you want to accomplish a goal, the easier it will be to figure how to accomplish it.

The USA are a goal down, and if they don't get a goal they'll lose.

I think a good entrepreneur has a very clear grasp of what the goal is, an unwavering sense of the goal, an utterly agile approach of getting there.

The first goal of the technostructure is its own security.

Labor was marching toward the goal of industrial democracy and contributing constructively toward a more rational arrangement of our domestic economy.

The only reason I went for that goal is that I wanted to say: 'Now, mummy-daddy, will you love me?'

I want to be the first guy from my generation who doesn't just represent one record but the promise of a lot of them.

We were pleased to hear the President state his firm commitment that he will do whatever is necessary to accomplish this important goal.

Size of industry, concentration of market, or production notwithstanding, the consumer is best served when the businessman is completely free to pursue his profit goals.

As an actor, your main goal is to tell the truth.

The goal in life is to live young, have fun, and arrive at your final destination as late as possible, with a smile on your face.

All we can do is go about our work. But we can have a goal. We can have a dream.

I began graduate school in the late 1980s, and my goal was to understand how morality varied across cultures and nations. I did some research comparing moral judgment in India and the U.S.A.

When I was 22, I finally reached that huge goal. Now I'm going for another one. It's so satisfying. It's something that I worked for for so long, and just to know that I got it feels so great.

The goal of Apple is not to make money but to make really nice products, really great products.

My goal is to connect the young teachers to the old, to reignite their sense of struggle.

My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.

When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.

I think boring is a team that plays at home and can not score a goal.

You can't overestimate what happens when you encourage regulators to believe that the goal of regulation is not to regulate.

It is my goal to learn as much about the people I'm surrounded by. I am slowly widening who I am close with, and at the same time, growing further away from others.

Rapid-collage prevents any elevating movement toward a fixed goal. To 'be nowhere' is to let oneself be.

I set out in television with one simple goal: to purchase a Russian bride. Didn't work out. Immigration stuff - it's complicated.

I think happiness is a goal all of us can agree on. Let's face it - we all would like to be happy.

Paulinho is like a black Lampard, but also makes headed goals. He is a phenomenon.

Your goal should be something that feels really right, not forced. Make sure your goal resonates with what’s true for you.

The balanced life is a goal, but for us it is mostly a myth.

What would a nontoxic god think of your creative goals? Might such a god really exist?

The only goal right now that I can have, the only thing I can offer right now, is the need to get good at music, do something with quality.

My goal in life has been to be a songsmith, not a pop person.

Many people say to me, "I saw [Miral] and it really stayed with me. I woke up the next day and really thought about it, and have been thinking about it for awhile." That was my goal.

I figured out if I have a good goal in mind, then I can actually achieve it.