Joyce Cary Quotes

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

No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.

Without a goal we are much like the man with a boat and nowhere to go. Goals give us the drive and energy we need to remain on track long enough for their accomplishment.

Purpose is stronger than object.

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

Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.

I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going.

I wanted to be a star - with a purpose.

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.

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

I'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on.

Without something I'm really excited about... I'd be really lost.

He might never really do what he said, but at least he had it in mind. He had somewhere to go.

There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.

Goals transform a random walk into a chase.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

I have a very distinct goal all the time that I'm working toward, and I love the way it makes me live.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

The big thing is that you know what you want.

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

It's good to have a goal.

Anything I do, I'm doing it for a reason.

I have goals.