Neal A. Maxwell Quotes

Goals have to be realistic and flexible.

Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical.

You can accomplish virtually any goal you set for yourself, as long as the goal is clear and you persist long enough.

It is important for you to have a goal. You simply can't get there if you don't know where you are going. Begin to build in your mind a dream. The write it down and make your goal realistic. Aim high enough that you will have to stretch your ability and your potential to reach it.

Self-confidence is the most important thing, and this comes from identifying your goals, knowing your limits and roping in all the help you can get.

You need to adjust your compass to an obtainable goal.

If you don’t want your followers to give up in disgust, your inspiration needs to be in the service of goals that are at least attainable.

Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. Confidence is important, determination is vital, certain personality traits contribute to success, but they all come into focus in goal setting.

Writing down goals makes you think of what is achievable. It really makes you reflect on what you are today.

Be clear about what you want to accomplish, and whether the circumstances surrounding you are actively helping you toward the goal.

Our goals should stretch us bit by bit. So often when we think we have encountered a ceiling, it is really a psychological or experiential barrier that we have built ourselves. We built it and we can remove it.

You should be proud of what you're doing, but not conceited. If you can't be proud of yourself, you're a failure. And discipline. To do anything in life you have to have discipline. To accomplish anything, you have a goal, challenge yourself, and work until you accomplish that goal. Practice what you preach.

Set goals that are well balanced-not too many nor too few, and not too high nor too low. Write down your attainable goals and work on them according to their importance. Pray for divine guidance in your goal setting.

Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.

Whenever you set a goal of any kind, you will have to grow and develop to the point where you are ready to achieve it.

Feeling lost? Take a dream and convert it into small goals, then start taking the steps to hit those goals.

The more clearly defined and keenly desired your goals, the more of your natural creativity will be released for goal attainment.

Dreams are vague and far away. Goals are tangible and achievable.

Unless your goal is against the laws of God or society, you can achieve it.

Dreams are powerless unless they are specific.

Visualizing how you want to be is [an] effective way to move toward your goal.

There is no authentic goal you can set for yourself that can't be reached, no dream that can't be realized. It's just a matter of learning HOW to achieve what you want.

You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.

Having a goal in your mind helps you manifest it in some way.

Your ability to set and achieve goals is perhaps the most important skill you can ever develop.