Bob Goff Quotes

If you do not have an absolutely clear vision of something, where you can follow the light to the end of the tunnel, then it doesn't matter whether you're bold or cowardly, or whether you're stupid or intelligent. Doesn't get you anywhere.

The big thing is that you know what you want.

Any motivation starts with some type of doubt.

The pressure of 'what are you going to do?' makes everyone feel like they haven't done anything yet.

If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.

I always thought to myself, 'I don't want to be doing stand-up when I'm 40 years old.'

If you have a vision for something, things are navigable. If it gets fuzzy, then obstacles become much more formidable.

Decision-making is very scary for me.

Will I be a success? I don't know.

Success is something good, and something bad. I don't know if it's good to always go after success.

I remember all the stages in my career where I almost didn't have enough confidence to try for something, almost didn't have the guts to follow something I was excited about doing, because I didn't know anyone else who'd done it, or other people made me question it.

A lot of times, I'll be shooting and think, 'Maybe I should pass.'

Doubt can only be removed by action.

One does not advance when one walks toward no goal, or - which is the same thing - when his goal is infinity.

Focus on a specific intention... A goal is often fueled by fear... An intention is fueled by a sense of purpose.

He who hesitates, meditates horizontally

Aimless drifting also fulfills an intention.

All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been told or asked to do.

Only a vision - that is what one must have.

What are we doing here, that is the question.

When someone wants something, they must know why they are fighting. This is the only reason to seek a reward.

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

Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

You have to know what you want to get it.