Powerful Goals Quotes from the Best Books

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

—Earl Nightingale, The Strangest Secret

A person who is thinking about a concrete and worthwhile goal is going to reach it, because that's what he's thinking about. And we become what we think about.

—Earl Nightingale, The Strangest Secret

Ask...seek...knock...and the dream shall be yours.

—Price Pritchett, You Squared

Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal—a commitment to excellence—that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

—Mario Andretti, The ABCs of Success

Desire (knowing what you want) is one of the principles of success.

—Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

Don't limit your desires to what you think you can have...start going after what you want.

—Price Pritchett, You Squared

Dreams begin to crystallize into reality when they are pursued.

—Price Pritchett, You Squared

Everything man creates or acquires begins in the form of desire.

—Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

Goals are not to get stuff. Goals are to grow.

—Bob Proctor, The Art of Living

God seems to throw Himself on the side of the man who knows exactly what he wants, if he is determined to get just that!

—Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

If we don't decide what is important to us, we will do only what is important to others.

—John Mason, An Enemy Called Average

If you are influenced by the opinions of others, you will have no desire of your own.

—Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

If you will rethink how you're thinking, you can multiply your performance potential. You must let your desires guide you, instead of allowing yourself to be boxed in by perceived constraints.

—Price Pritchett, You Squared

If you're experiencing no difficulties, problems, or pain, you probably aimed too low.

—Price Pritchett, You Squared

Intense goal orientation is an essential characteristic of all high-achieving men and women, in every study, in every field.

—Brian Tracy, Maximum Achievement

It's not possible to realize even a fraction of your potential until you have learned how to set and achieve goals as normally and as naturally as you brush your teeth or comb your hair in the morning.

—Brian Tracy, Maximum Achievement

It is crucial to have a crystal clear picture of what you want to accomplish. Operate with a sharply defined mental image of the outcome you seek.

—Price Pritchett, You Squared

Knowledge becomes power only when it is put into action for the attainment of a definite objective.

—Napoleon Hill, Philosophy of Success

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

—Bob Proctor, The ABCs of Success

People with goals succeed because they know where they are going.

—Earl Nightingale, The Strangest Secret

The ability to set goals and to make plans for their accomplishment is the master skill of success.

—Brian Tracy, Maximum Achievement

The most fulfilled human being is the one who is always pursuing meaningful goals.

—Bob Proctor, The ABCs of Success

The primary cause of success in life is the ability to set and achieve goals.

—Brian Tracy, Maximum Achievement

The Scripture reveals the key to successful goal setting. The vision must be written. When you keep a vision in your mind, it isn't really a goal; it is nothing more than a dream.

—John Mason, An Enemy Called Average

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.

—Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.

—Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

Trying harder isn't necessarily the solution to achieving more. It may not offer any real promise for getting what you want out of life. Sometimes, in fact, it's a big part of the problem.

—Price Pritchett, You Squared

What do you want to be, do, or have? Make up your mind this very instant that you will accomplish it. Absolutely refuse to wait another day to begin working toward your goal.

—Bob Proctor, The ABCs of Success

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

—Bob Proctor, The ABCs of Success

With the right combination of faith, knowledge, and action, anything—anything—is possible, for anyone.

—Sandra Gallagher, The ABCs of Success

You are built to conquer circumstances, solve problems, and attain goals.

—John Mason, Believe You Can

You don't have to know how you're going to get there, but you need to know where you want to go.

—Price Pritchett, You Squared

You either work to achieve your own goals or you work to achieve someone else's goals. The best work of all is when you are achieving your own goals by helping others to achieve theirs.

—Brian Tracy, Maximum Achievement

You must first become absolutely clear about what you want if you are serious about unlocking the extraordinary power that lies within you.

—Brian Tracy, Maximum Achievement

Your goal should be something you want, not something you need. There is no inspiration in needs; there is only inspiration in wants.

—Bob Proctor, The ABCs of Success

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