Colin Hay Quotes

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

I don't usually paint a big picture on what I'll do in the future.

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.

I've always had goals, always had visions, always had a plan, always been very strategic.

I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it.

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

I think three-to-five years ahead minimum. I have a short-term plan, a five-year plan and a decade plan.

We now need to look beyond our immediate future and aim higher and farther.

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

I've always had a plan. Even since, maybe, 12 years old. Really.

I remember getting advice like, "Oh, do what interests you. Don't worry about tomorrow, live for today," kind of thing. And to a degree, you've got to do that, you've got to follow your passions. You've got to follow your dreams, but you also have to have a plan. You can't just say I'm going to do what interests me today and I'm not going to worry about tomorrow, that doesn't work. And anyone who's tried that I think quickly finds that out. Think about what turns you on, what do you dream about? But along with that, make a plan and work hard to make it happen.

I can never accomplish what I want - only what I would have wanted had I thought of it beforehand.

My dreams are my dress rehearsals for my future.

Personal Vision is often the catalyst for wise decisions.

I'm more interested in where I'll be in five or 10 years than where I am now.

Show me any top entertainer or top business executive, and I'll show you a guy who has mapped out his life from the very start.

Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.

I don't have goals in life.

I knew what I wanted to do even when I was a little girl.

I always looked ahead.

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

Goals determine what you're going to be.

I have no grand scheme.

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.