goals

A dream is just as good, and will go as far as an action.

Think of how far you've come," Maggie said softly. "And then ask yourself how much farther you wish to go

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

And speaking of options ,these kids [the ones who attend elite universities] have all been told that theirs are limitless. Once you commit to something, though, that ceases to be true. A former student sent me an essay he wrote, a few years after college, called "The Paradox of Potential." Yale students, he said, are like stem cells. They can be anything in the world, so they try to delay for as long as possible the moment when they have to become just one thing in particular. Possibility, paradoxically, becomes limitation.

The sky is never falling...things will work out, they ALWAYS work out. Stay focused, accept everything as perfect and keep moving forward toward the direction of your goals.

Good enough may be an acceptable end, but it should never be an acceptable goal.

Discipline means choices. Every time you say yes to a goal or objective, you say no to many more.

Money should never be the goal. It should only be the means of attaining the goal.

The more specifically you define your goals the more attainable they become.

Don't give up.I know you've made a thousand attempts to reach your goal, but look at it this way: after repeatedly banging your head against the wall, you ought to be numb enough break through this time.

A set and concrete term of attaining a plan mobilizes a man to fulfill it.

Very often, what is meant to be a stepping stone turns out to be a slab of wet cement that will harden around your foot if you do not take the next step soon enough.

The key to success__eep swimming. Even when they tap you on the shoulder to say the pool has been drained, just keep swimming.

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don__ 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.

To many people fall short of their goals because they mistakenly believe that losing is just another comfortable place to sit.

MURRY: Resolutions are a complete waste of time. They're just this meaningless ritual, empty promises we make and break within hours of each other.

It is far too easy to discover complacency in mediocrity. Success is rooted in extreme ambition, implanted by divine guidance, and is achieved long before others are able to see it. Surprise them all, but you know this_you are already there.

If you don__ have something worth pursuing then life becomes dull and days become long