“Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there. There are so few at the top it is almost lonely there.”
“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.”
“It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.”
“Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.”
“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.”
“You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination.”
“Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.”
“It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there.”
“Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level neither too low nor too high.”
“Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams.”
“Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical.”
“Becoming a star may not be your destiny, but being the best that you can be is a goal that you can set for yourselves.”
“Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.”
“You return and again take the proper course, guided by what? -- By the picture in mind of the place you are headed for...”
“Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.”
“The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.”
“In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.”
“Always have some project underway, an ongoing project that goes over from day to day and thus makes each day a small unit of time.”
“If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.”
“Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.”
“There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.”
“You may not accomplish every goal you set -- no one does -- but what really matters is having goals and going after them wholeheartedly.”
“Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.”
“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.”
“The capabilities of the human mind are enormous. There is usually no inherent reason you cannot accomplish whatever goal you set for yourself.”
“There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere. There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid towards your goals.”
“When you determined what you want, you have made the most important decision of your life. You have to know what you want in order to attain it.”
“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.”
“Unless you have some goals, I don't think there's any way to get above the pack. My vision was always well beyond what I had any reason to expect.”
“What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, changes one frame of mind and for the moment realizes itself.”