Dorothy Day Quotes

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.

If you're not shooting for the top, then what are you doing?

Our goals should serve as markers, measurements of the progress we make in pursuit of something greater than ourselves.

People need BHAGs - big hairy audacious goals.

There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream.

Have dreams/goals and never quit working toward achieving them.

You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential.

Nothing is impossible to industry (fortitude).

Set the kind of goals that will make something of you to achieve them.

I also feel like the kinds of jobs I want right now - I consider them aspirational. I want to raise the bar for myself, and I am in this interesting spot where I do get offered a lot of things, but frankly, the majority of the things I get offered I'm not really interested in doing. I want to do the things that I have to fight for.

Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in the best way you know, and the Lord will accept of your effort.

Better to have a big goal and reach half of it than to have no goal and reach all of it.

When you're reaching for a star, there's a long way to fall.

Let me start with issuing you a challenge: Be better than you are. Set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.

To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.

Hustling is putting every minute and all your effort into achieving the goal at hand.

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.

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

Commitment doesn't guarantee success, but lack of commitment guarantees you'll fall far short of your potential.

If you hang in there long enough, you will eventually reach your goal.

A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about.

Hang onto that goal and you do what you have to do to make it happen.

Never confuse activity with accomplishment.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.