Blaise Pascal Quotes

If I work toward an end, meantime I am confined to a process.

Without a goal [maneuvering is] aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you'll have no sense of strategy.

Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.

I think the first and most important thing is that you've got to have a goal and a vision.

You've got to have a vision and an intention and that will guide what you do. I call it devotion. Ask yourself, "Is this not moving me toward where we need to be?" I believe that's helpful because a vision pulls you forward and it keeps you focused. A vision for the day, for the week, for the month and a lifelong vision - whatever works for you. And then you govern your activities and your behaviors accordingly.

Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Sound strategy starts with having the right goal.

No wind makes for him that hath no intended port to sail into.

In business, I believe that if you focus only on the journey, you'll miss the whole point of the enterprise. There has to be a goal, an end game of some kind; otherwise, you're just spinning your wheels. Yes, the journey is important, but the destination is important, too.

You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best education in the world, you can have all the money in the world - but if you don't have direction, you'll never go anywhere.

Direction is more important than speed. You can go fast in the wrong direction.

I think it helps if you have a clear vision of what you want.

I start with an end in mind. In everything.

Beware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it.

Everywhere the means is erected into the end, and the end itself is forgotten.

We ought to consider the end in everything.

I think we have to focus,on exactly what the priorities are.

If you don't have a vision, you can never be focused in a direction.

The good is the end toward which all things tend.

Leadership is about going somewhere. If you and your people don’t know where you are going, your leadership doesn’t matter.

An effective goal focuses primarily on results rather than activity. It identifies where you want to be, and, in the process, helps you determine where you are. It gives you important information on how to get there, and it tells you when you have arrived. It unifies your efforts and energy. It gives meaning and purpose to all you do.