Goal famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I suggest that just as self-consciousness is the goal for all the subhuman forms of life, and as group consciousness, or the consciousness of the Heavenly Man, is the goal for the human being, so for him, also, there may be a goal, and for him the achievement may be the development of God consciousness.
-- Alice Bailey -
And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.
-- Alicia Sacramone -
I've gained so much confidence as a woman from figuring out that I don't want to be destructive. I don't want to stomp through the world and be number one. I just want to tread really lightly and not destroy anything. Hopefully, I can try to mend some things. That's my goal.
-- Alicia Silverstone -
The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings.
-- Alison Bechdel -
Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.
-- Alistair Darling -
Our new strategic plan emphasizes the importance of providing access to records anytime, anywhere. This is one of many initiatives that we are launching to make our goal a reality.
-- Allen Weinstein -
Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans - and there were many such bitter policy disputes - the purposes and goals for which Americans fought were clearly understood.
-- Allen Weinstein -
If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.
-- Alma Gluck -
One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.
-- Alma Gluck -
That's the ultimate goal of most turkey recipes: to create a great skin and stuffing to hide the fact that turkey meat, in its cooked state, is dry and flavorless. Does it have to be that way? No. We just have to focus on what the turkey is and what the turkey needs.
-- Alton Brown -
The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.
-- Alvar Aalto -
To be who you are and become what you are capable of is the only goal worth living.
-- Alvin Ailey -
The new season will be all about scoring more goals than the opposition.
-- Alvin Martin -
I was always really inspired by watching the older girls competing, just seeing other Olympians do great things, and I just really wanted to be a part of that whole experience. And to be able to represent USA was always a goal of mine.
-- Aly Raisman -
Set a goal and a program for yourself, and everything else will follow. Guaranteed.
-- Amby Burfoot -
...decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying....
-- Amelia Earhart -
You can't create a new reality with the same personality.
-- Amit Goswami -
There are many goals but one path - the path of compassion.
-- Amit Ray -
Many analysts now regard modest, zero, or negative growth in our rate of energy use as a realistic long-term goal.
-- Amory Lovins -
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.
-- Amy Carmichael -
My goal as a parent is to prepare you for the future, not to make you like me.
-- Amy Chua -
I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal is to obliterate all earnestness.
-- Ana Gasteyer -
Try to treat with equal love all the people with whom you have relations. Thus the abyss between 'myself' and 'yourself' will be filled in, which is the goal of all religious worship.
-- Anandamayi Ma -
My real goal is the Olympics. It's going to be tough but it was very good preparation to play here.
-- Anastasia Myskina -
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
-- Andre Gide -
When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit of happiness, of joy, of cheerfulness. I am firmly convinced that in order to sing well, you must love your neighbor and be passionate about life.
-- Andrea Bocelli -
It is an honor to be with thousands of leaders from around the world who are united in their mission to eradicate violence against women. Avon is proud to share their commitment to this goal. We are honored to be a leading supporter of the 2nd World Conference of Women's Shelters, and are grateful for the work that all of you do day in and day out to ensure that women across the world can find ways to live their lives free of violence.
-- Andrea Jung -
I pursue one goal the encyclopaedia of life.
-- Andreas Gursky -
International affairs must be completely permeated with scientific methodology and a democratic spirit, with a fearless weighing of all facts, views, and theories, with maximum publicity of ultimate and intermediate goals, and with a consistency of principles.
-- Andrei Sakharov -
Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.
-- Andres Iniesta -
We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.
-- Andrew Bernstein -
One of my goals as a professor of English is to teach students to recognize and think critically about what makes something art.
-- Andrew Hoberek -
The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.
-- Andrew Johnson -
Strategy doesn't change when hard times arrive. Consumers' willingness to try, and to stay loyal, remains, the goal. Winners know this; their brand focus and strategy remains consistent.
-- Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison -
If we strive for goals, relishing in the pleasure of circumstance, nothing is enjoyable, and life becomes purposeless.
-- Andrew the Apostle -
I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal
-- Andrew Wiles -
If my goals and victories can help the world remember Chernobyl and bring a smile to the face of the people still suffering then I dedicate all my success to them.
-- Andriy Shevchenko -
The only thing holding you back is you. Commit to developing the mindset of a winner, set your goals and chase them down. Remember, a dog in the hunt ain't got no fleas!
-- Andy Albright -
Those who are critical of my goals and dreams simply do not understand the higher purpose to which I have been called.
-- Andy Andrews -
Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults.
-- Andy Andrews -
Intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.
-- Andy Andrews -
There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty.
-- Andy Stanley -
Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight.
-- Anita DeFrantz -
From Lehi's vision we learn that we must take hold of this safety railing-this iron rod, found alongside our individual straight and narrow path-and hold tight until we reach our ultimate goal of eternal life with our Heavenly Father. Nephi promises that those who hold fast to the iron rod"would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction"
-- Ann M. Dibb -
My goal all along has just been to work and support myself. I've been really lucky to walk away from the 'Twilight' series unscathed. Somebody asked me recently what it's like to be a star. I thought that was the strangest question. If you saw my day-to-day life, the word 'star' just doesn't apply.
-- Anna Kendrick -
If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time.
-- Anna Neagle -
To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.
-- Anna Pavlova -
To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success.
-- Anna Pavlova -
My life's goal is not to write books; my life's goal is to know God better today. The neat thing about a goal like that is you can achieve it. Faith is constant; it's a relationship.
-- Anne Graham Lotz -
Bristol Rovers were 4-0 up at half time, with four goals in the first half.
-- Anthony Adamson -
I will respect the limits of my experience but that won't stop me from trying to lead by example of my work. Being a good teammate and picking them up on and off the field is a simple goal of mine.
-- Anthony Rizzo -
The immune systems goal is to protect the body against invaders either from without, such as microbes, or from within, such as cancers and different types of neoplastic transformation.
-- Anthony S. Fauci -
The important thing is to strive toward a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -
No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.
-- Antoinette Brown Blackwell -
Despicable means used to achieve laudable goals render the goals themselves despicable.
-- Anton Chekhov -
My goal is to be the best TV presenter, the best entertainer, the best singer. I still want to be the best dancer. I want to be the best at everything I do.
-- Anton du Beke -
Courage is sustained by calling up anew the vision of the goal.
-- Antonin Sertillanges -
Our first goal is to stop the recession and start with recovery.
-- Antonis Samaras -
It's important to be driven and have goals. You want an independent woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it. It's attractive to me when a woman is doing what she loves. It makes me want to know more.
-- Apolo Ohno -
I never had one day that I didn't want to be on the ice, because I always had an objective for that day. I had a rigorous plan and schedule in place that I had to adhere to. It was a step-by-step process of slowly but surely inching toward the Olympic Games and using every day as a series of goals to be accomplished.
-- Apolo Ohno -
Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing - once you've achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim?
-- Arabella Weir -
When popularity is your only goal, doing well in class is going to feature very low, if at all, on your priority list.
-- Arabella Weir -
Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason.
-- Archibald Cox -
...President [Bush] believes that [high-energy consumption] is an American way of life, and that it should be the goal of policymakers to protect the American way of life. The American way of life is a blessed one.
-- Ari Fleischer -
Working with David Gordon Green, and Jonah Hill, and Michael Cera, and Drew Barrymore, and all of those people - those are the best people in comedy to work with. Anna Faris. You know, that's my goal, to keep learning and to just keep working with the best people I can. And yeah, we do all hang out, and we all kind of know each other.
-- Ari Graynor -
Don’t just climb the ladder of success - a ladder that leads, after all, to higher and higher levels of stress and burnout - but chart a new path to success, remaking it in a way that includes not just the conventional metrics of money and power, but a third metric that includes well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving, so that the goal is not just to succeed but to thrive.
-- Arianna Huffington -
Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are not going to take risks, we are not going to speak out, we are going to try to blend in.
-- Arianna Huffington -
The goal is to make something that sounds new and different.
-- Ariel Rechtshaid -
Aliyah is the central goal of the State of Israel.
-- Ariel Sharon -
First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.
-- Aristotle -
Everything is done with a goal, and that goal is "good".
-- Aristotle -
Life is only meaningful when we are striving for a goal .
-- Aristotle -
The most important thing is to figure out Your goal in life. If Your intentions and methods are correct, there is no way You will not achieve it.
-- Arjun Rampal -
Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high.
-- Arne Jacobsen -
The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake.
-- Arnold J. Toynbee -
The larger goal of Deep Democracy is not me changing you and you changing me. But we learning how to relate.
-- Arnold Mindell -
Every day I play golf, that's my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better.
-- Arnold Palmer -
I think the first and most important thing is that you've got to have a goal and a vision.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
To go in the direction that I went takes a lot of work. And I don't think you can do the work - the five or six hours of working out a day - if you don't have a clear goal or know why you're doing it. If you just hang out at the gym and train for five or six hours a day without a goal is almost impossible.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
No matter what you do, you first have to have a vision... to see your goal, to believe in it, have faith in it and chase it. And then it's fun to chase it. If you don't have a goal or a vision, then you have nothing.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Someday the world is going to know who I am-just be hearing my first name.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Happiness isn't found in some finite checklist of goals that we can diligently complete and then coast. It's how we live our lives in the process. That's why the four pillars of happiness are faith, family, community and meaningful work. Those are priorities we have to keep investing in.
-- Arthur C. Brooks -
The goal of the future is full unemployment
-- Arthur C. Clarke -
The moon is the first milestone on the road to the stars.
-- Arthur C. Clarke -
Finally, I would like to assure my many Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim friends that I am sincerely happy that the religion which Chance has given you has contributed to your peace of mind (and often, as Western medical science now reluctantly admits, to your physical well-being). Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy, than sane and un-happy. But it is the best of all to be sane and happy. Whether our descendants can achieve that goal will be the greatest challenge of the future. Indeed, it may well decide whether we have any future.
-- Arthur C. Clarke -
The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That's why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system.
-- Arthur C. Clarke -
With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.
-- Arthur Erickson -
As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market.
-- Arthur Godfrey -
History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unerring, she flows towards her goal. At every bend in her course she leaves the mud which she carries and the corpses of the drowned.
-- Arthur Koestler -
History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unnering flows towards her goal. History knows herway. She makes no mistakes.
-- Arthur Koestler -
A man never is happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so; he seldom attains his goal, and when he does, it is only to be disappointed; he is mostly shipwrecked in the end, and comes into harbor with mast and rigging gone. And then, it is all one whether he has been happy or miserable; for his life was never anything more than a present moment always vanishing; and now it is over.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer -
The goal changes from the general to the individual from need to wish, from ethics to aesthetics.
-- Asger Jorn -
I love Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman - those are the careers I want. My goal is to win an Oscar, and I'm going to take the steps to get there.
-- Ashley Benson -
Superficial goals lead to superficial results
-- Attila the Hun
