Irving Fisher Quotes

If I weren't so lazy, I would have 14 books, not eight.

I would like to read some books: I don't have time; I would like to continue working on my autobiography.

Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.

I'm very comfortable with being productive. I like doing things, and I like creating things. As far as being powerful, I guess I'm comfortable with it. It's not really how I think of myself.

With a little study you'll go a long ways, and I wish you'd start now

I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.

Set your goals high and go far. Don't put off tomorrow what you can do today.

There's a lot that I want to accomplish.

I have a supermarket full of ideas and the challenge is how many ideas can I get in my cart before I'm gone. When you're doing it, you're not focused on success. It's not a matter of modesty. You're simply trying to get all the things done that you want to get done in your life.

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.

GOALS are dreams with deadlines, and without those deadlines, our dreams are dead in the water.

Fundamentally, I like to accomplish things.

It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

I have ideas in mind, things that I'm working toward. There have to be goals; there has to be a challenge. Just playing, in and of itself, is great. But there has to be some motivation to it.

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.

You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.

Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

I'd like to know what I could do if I really had the time to spend on writing a book, with no columns or shows to do at the same time.

For sure I want to achieve records.

I do have my targets in terms of what I need to improve on.

I've had lots of wonderful people help motivate me over the years to work hard and write.

You can turn your goals into gold.

Work hard for what you want in life.

The more goals you set, the more goals you get.