Vaclav Havel Quotes

Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.

I would die without goals or a focus. I need something to keep me going.

You have to know why you get up every morning.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.

We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.

Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

Without goals the very concept of intelligence is meaningless

There are three things, to my account, that I need each day. One of them is something to look up to, another is something to look forward to, and another is someone to chase.

To wear dreams on one's feet is to begin to give a reality to one's dreams.

You need to realise that you must have something to aim for, something to drive you.

We have our own reasons for what's motivating us right now.

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

What keeps me going is goals.

We live because of the dreams.

We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything.

I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.

Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.

Goals help you channel your energy into action.