Richard G. Scott Quotes

Well, I always know what I want. And when you know what you want--you go toward it. Sometimes you go very fast, and sometimes only an inch a year. Perhaps you feel happier when you go fast. I don't know. I've forgotten the difference long ago, because it really doesn't matter, so long as you move.

If you have a vision and you are trying to accomplish something, you have to be competitive, or things are going to slip by you.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.

Direction is more important than speed. You can go fast in the wrong direction.

It's important to set a tone and get some momentum.

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

You will move in the direction you are facing.

Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?

Without a goal [maneuvering is] aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you'll have no sense of strategy.

If you are clear where you are going and you take several steps in that direction every day, you eventually have to get there. If I head north out of Santa Barbara and take five steps a day, eventually I have to end up in San Francisco. So decide what you want, write it down, review it constantly, and each day do something that moves you toward those goals.

Stay on your toes and always move forward.

The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.

A primary purpose for setting goals is to get you moving in the right direction. When you set goals, you have to keep them always in mind.

Goals are new, forward-moving objectives. They magnetize you towards them.

You've got to have a vision and an intention and that will guide what you do. I call it devotion. Ask yourself, "Is this not moving me toward where we need to be?" I believe that's helpful because a vision pulls you forward and it keeps you focused. A vision for the day, for the week, for the month and a lifelong vision - whatever works for you. And then you govern your activities and your behaviors accordingly.

I realize that there are many variables outside my control in my quest, but focusing on the big goal down the road really motivates me. To help me stay focused, I set micro-goals such as races or training achievements that bring me one step closer to being at my best for major goals

If you do things well one at a time, you end up in a really good place. Don't get ahead of yourself. Control the things you can.

There's just no vision. You have no ground, no vision.

Moving fast is not the same as going somewhere.

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

Delay is the enemy of progress.

So we take a lot of pride in that. It's really on us to turn this thing around. I think this last month we've done just that. We've pointed ourself in the direction that we want to be, and I think we're starting to head towards that. Right now we're in a nice rhythm.

I think, as an entrepreneur, you have to see the unlimited amount of potential but concentrate on your day and just keep building.