Richard Foster Quotes

As you have learnt something of time, value and make a proper use of it. Once past, it knows no return; how necessary, then, that you spend it in improving your mind and fitting it for future happiness and usefulness.

A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.

You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.

Write down five things you love to do. Next, write down five things that you're really good at. Then just try to match them up! Revisit your list once a year to make sure you're on the right track.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come.

Coaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where you would like to be.

It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan.

Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan.

I evaluate myself at the end of every year.

If I was to sit there and think about anything, it would be, 'What can you look forward to, what can you put your time into, and what can help you grow up?'

The way I work, I always ask myself, 'What did go well this year, and what do we need to work on?' I always have a plan in my head.

I guess I am conscious of my weaknesses, and I think pacing is probably my biggest. I don't know if I think the clarity thing is actually a weakness. It was a stylistic choice.

I think it's important how you spend your time. I try to make sure that I'm growing.

I was always into staying busy, into my goals, into making notes and planning. I'm not one who truly lives in the past.

Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction.

You should look ahead now and decide what you want to do with your lives. Fix clearly in your mind what you want to be one year from now, five years, ten years, and beyond. Write your goals and review them regularly. Keep them before you constantly, record your progress, and revise them as circumstances dictate.

Now is the time to set your life's goals. Now is the time to set your standards firmly and then hold to them throughout your life.

Time is like a ship which never anchors; while I am on board, I had better do those things that may profit me at my landing, than practice such as shall cause my commitment when I come ashore.

I can see myself now, she said. And I can see what I want to be, ten years from now. But I don't understand how I'm going to get from here to there.

The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do in business. Having that long-term goal will enable you to have a plan on how to achieve it. We apply these skills in business, yet when it comes to ourselves, we rarely apply them.

Fulfilling your vision for the best year of your life requires thought and introspection. It is not much different than planning an awesome vacation. It takes time, discussion, planning, decision making, and an array of other skills.

Think about your goals at every opportunity throughout the day.

So much working, reading, thinking, living to do! A lifetime is not long enough.