goals quotes

I think when people make a record with a goal in mind – like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature – that gets in the way of writing great songs.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

Some people want to win races. Other people want to be President of the United States.

I have short goals – to get better every day, to help my teammates every day – but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It’s all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

My measure of success is whether I’m fulfilling my mission.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

I want to go down in the history books with what I’ve achieved.

It’s not essential for me to have a big debut week; it’s not essential for me to have big radio records.

A lot was accomplished in my mixtape career. But I still needed a few things: I needed to be recognized. I need to have radio. I need to have a real retail machine that can get us where we need to get that.

Before finding music, I didn’t have too many aspirations. I wanted to hang out, make a little money from whatever I had to do.

My goals are so high that I don’t have time to relax in any way, shape or form.

One day, I want to make a PG film.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

I am criticised for not celebrating my goals enough. I am very happy from within, very calm. I just don’t celebrate. I celebrate inside.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don’t want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.

One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.

What keeps me going is goals.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

I remember being in Japan when Destiny’s Child put out ‚Independent Women,‘ and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.

The music we do is for people to enjoy, dance and sing to it. Dreamers – keep on dreaming and keep working hard to achieve your goals. There are many difficulties, but what matters is to stay focused and have perseverance.

I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate – my ultimate goal is winning championships and – and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.

We’re all dreamers.

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?

I thought I would be a guy on the radio.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

Every artist wants something different out the game.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

I always make my dreams into goals.

Make sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and seek to follow Him every day. Don’t be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and His will first in everything you do.

I know a lot of people say they always believed they could get into F1, but I didn’t quite believe that, certainly not when I was 7 and maybe not until I was 14. It was always so far away.

I’m definitely looking forward to the day when I stop working – if I ever stop working. I like the idea of keeling over in my tomato vines in Sardinia or northern Italy.

It’s really annoying for me. That’s not what I’m playing for, to be the face of the NBA or to be this or that or to take LeBron’s throne or whatever.

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving – as if it were an individual person – its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.

I was 18 years old, and it was a dream come true for me to work out and eat great food for free. What else do you want in life? People think that is what it is like to be in a SEAL team, but it is less than a fraction of your career as a real SEAL.

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.

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

Big results require big ambitions.

I cook, I create, I’m incredibly excited by what I do, I’ve still got a lot to achieve.

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

Many badly needed goals, like fusion and cancer cure, would be achieved much sooner if we invested more.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Every season is a new challenge to me, and I always set out to improve in terms of games, goals, assists.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

The more centuries that I am able to score, the happier I will be.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

I have goals.

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.