Immanuel Kant Quotes

I'm someone who needs goals and direction, and fighting provided that for me.

The fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.

You can be the most intelligent person, and you can have so much potential, but if you don't have a guide by which to channel that energy, then a lot of times, it's futile.

It's nice to feel that you have a purpose.

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

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.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.

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

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

Goals transform a random walk into a chase.

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

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

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

Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do.

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

While the things that motivate us differ greatly from one person to the next, the outcomes do not.

More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.

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.

All that counts in life is intention.

I need to have a reason why I'm doing something. Otherwise I'm lost.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

I've got loads of ideas, but I need some structure in my life. I need a mission.

I think I do get excited by challenges and I do find a sense of motivation and purpose within those.

You must have goals in your life, or otherwise be prepared to be used by those who do have them.

When someone wants something, they must know why they are fighting. This is the only reason to seek a reward.