Quotes with goal-posts

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  • Miguel de Cervantes Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • W. M. Thackeray Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Denis Waitley Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Paul Goodman Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.
    Paul Goodman
    American writer, poet, criticus (1911 - 1972)
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  • Sidney Madwed Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.
    Sidney Madwed
    American business consultant, lyricist and author
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  • Brian Tracy Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into.
    Brian Tracy
    Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development aut (1944 - )
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  • Charles F. Kettering Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
    Charles F. Kettering
    American inventor (1876 - 1958)
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  • Fitzhugh Dodson First you write down your goal; your second job is to break down your goal into a series of steps, beginning with steps which are absurdly easy.
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  • John Wooden For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • Maxwell Maltz For imagination sets the goal ''picture'' which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of ''will,'' as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Kofi Annan Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • James Cash Penney Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk.
    James Cash Penney
    American businessman and entrepreneur (1875 - 1971)
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  • Boethius Good men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a variety of concupiscences, and that is surely an unnatural way of seeking the good. Don't you agree?
    De Consolatione Philosophia Book 4, Prose 2, 524. Translated from Latin by Ric
    Boethius
    Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher (480 - 524)
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  • Bobby Orr Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.
    Bobby Orr
    Canadian ice hockey player (1948 - )
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  • Russell Wayne Baker Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.
    Russell Wayne Baker
    American writer (1925 - 2019)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Jim Valvano How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it.
    Jim Valvano
    American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster (1946 - 1993)
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  • Mikhail Gorbachev I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal.
    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Russian and former Soviet politician (1931 - )
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  • Bette Davis I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Alan Cohen I claim my heart's desire, and I choose my direction. I will attain my chosen goal.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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