Richard Koch Quotes

The key is to work out the few things that are really important, and the few methods that will give us what we really want.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.

My job is to keep my eye on the ball and to stay focused on what can we get done every single day to advance the vision and values that brought me here.

Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.

You will achieve grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day - not long and difficult projects, but chores that will take you, step by step, toward your rainbow. Write them down, if you must, but limit your list so that you won't have to drag today's undone matters into tomorrow. Remember that you cannot build your pyramid in twenty-four hours. Be patient. Never allow your day to become so cluttered that you neglect your most important goal - to do the best you can, enjoy this day, and rest satisfied with what you have accomplished.

Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things.

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Lack of clarity is the number-one time-waster. Always be asking, 'What am I trying to do? How am I trying to do it.

You have to commit to the what, before the how shows up.

Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Success is the result of clear goal, unshakable confidence, proper planning, enthusiastic ACTION and consistent persistence.

Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.

There's nothing wrong with having your goals really high and trying to achieve them. That's the fun part. You may come up short. I've come up short on a lot on my goals, but it's always fun to try and achieve them.

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.

How to succeed? Try hard enough.

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.

Keep your mind on your objective, and persist until you succeed. Study, think, and plan.

The most important thing is to focus, focus, focus.

When you decide clearly and definitely what you want, then no sacrifice is too great as you put all of your powers into astounding results.

To succeed, you must have tremendous perserverance... tremendous will. "I will drink the ocean", says the perservering soul; at my will mountains will crumble. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.

A dozen times a day we come to a fork in the road and must decide which way we will go. It is important to get our ultimate objectives clearly in mind so that we do not become distracted at each fork in the road by the irrelevant questions: Which is the easier or more pleasant way? Or, Which way are others going?