It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
—Arnold Toynbee
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
—C. S. Lewis
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.
—George Santayana
Set a goal so big that if you achieved it, it would blow your mind.
—Rhonda Byrne in The Secret
Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
—John Dewey
My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?
—Charles M. Schulz
The fifteen-year-old daughter of a friend once addressed the old Carl Jung as follows: "Herr Professor, you are so clever. Could you please tell me the shortest path to my life's goal?" Without a moment's hesitation Jung replied, "The detour!
—Richard Kehl
No one who has stood for high values — love, truth, justice — has died being able to declare victory, once and for all. If we embrace values like those, we need to find ways to stand in the gap for the long haul, and be prepared to die without having achieved our goals.
—Parker J. Palmer
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
—Unknown
Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.
—Sidney Sheldon
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
—Cecil B. DeMille
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
—Denis Watley
Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.
—J. K. Rowling