W. Edwards Deming Quotes

An agenda is not a bad thing.

There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.

You really have to have a goal.

The good is the end toward which all things tend.

Purpose is stronger than object.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

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.

Without having a goal, it's difficult to score.

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

It's good to have a goal.

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

Without goals the very concept of intelligence is meaningless

Focus on a specific intention... A goal is often fueled by fear... An intention is fueled by a sense of purpose.

You can’t hit a target if you don’t know what it is.

Knowing where you are going takes the uncertainty out of getting there

Vigorous organisms talk not about their processes, but about their aims.

You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have

If you have no destination, you'll never get there.

Don't focus on the problem, focus on the PURPOSE.

You really have to have a goal. The goal posts might shift, but you should have a goal. Know what it is you want to find out.

I wouldn't do anything if I didn't have something I was working for.

Some lives drift here and there like reeds in a stream, depending on changing currents for their activity. Others are like swimmers knowing the depth of the water. Each stroke helps them onward to a definite objective.