Thomas A. Dine Quotes

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

I will say that growing up as a kid in an urban environment and having lived in cities all my life, the one achievement that everyone can look forward to is getting the perfect parking spot.

Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

We've plotted through the years of how to get to here, where we are now, or we would have never made it.

Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it.

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

I'm pretty much a London boy, and it was a big enough city to try and conquer.

The most valuable advice I can give is plan for your success. Write down your ideal goal, creating checkpoints for yourself along the way that align with the end goal. Set up rewards for achieving both little victories and big ones.

There are dreamers and there are planners; the planners make their dreams come true.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Goals that are not written down and developed into plans are like bullets without powder in the cartridge. People with unwritten goals go through life shooting blanks.

Being human is itself difficult, and therefore all kinds of settlements (except dream cities) have problems. Big cities have difficulties in abundance, because they have people in abundance.

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all.

People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They write it down so they stay on course, and avoid any alternative that does not get them closer to the finish line.

I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't see any other way of accomplishing anything.

When you develop a game plan to get what you want, you will develop a belief that you can get it.

The simple act of writing down a goal and making a written plan for its accomplishment moves you to the top 3 percent.

I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and then determine how you will achieve them (what skills you will have to learn, what actions will you have to take). And these are totally under your control. These are not dependent upon anyone else.

If you plan it out, and it seems logical to you, then you can do it. I discovered the power of a plan.

Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.

If you have a clear goal and a plan to achieve it, your focus is fixed on a set course of action. Instead of becoming sidetracked by distractions and diversions, your time is focused on a straight line from start to finish.

I really believe in setting goals, no matter what it is: whether it's losing five pounds or making the world championship team.