Achievable Goals Quotes

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.

We have to work hard and not dream too much, because if we dream too much, we can fall down very quickly.

Dreams are vague and far away. Goals are tangible and achievable.

The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realized they couldn't do everything.

The end is what you want, the means is how you get it. Whenever we think about social change, the question of means and ends arises. The man of action views the issue of means and ends in pragmatic and strategic terms. He has no other problem; he thinks only of his actual resources and the possibilities of various choices of action. He asks of ends only whether they are achievable and worth the cost; of means, only whether they will work. ... The real arena is corrupt and bloody.

My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

I'm never going to have a Test average of 50 like Tendulkar. All I want to be is the best that I can be.

I think short-term goals are important. Trying to set a missive for yourself for the entire year can be daunting, and it can feel too easy to fail or fall short of that.

One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

Don't tell people they can do the impossible. Tell people that they can do the possible that they think is impossible.

The key to happiness is achievable dreams.

When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book.' Books are very long and it's easy to get discouraged. Instead I think to myself, 'Wow, I have this great story idea, and today I'm going to write two pages of it. That's all - just two pages.'

You can do anything you want, as long as it works.

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

Goals have to be realistic and flexible.

A man can't do more than he can - but he can at least do that much.

I think setting goals is critical; having deadlines for ourselves- how much by when? Too many people have these big dreams where they want to have a big house on the ocean. But until we say what ocean, how big, what day, our conscience doesn't know what to do with that information. A positive expectancy, a positive attitude, a belief that your dream is possible is also helpful.

We ought not to raise expectations which it is not in our power to satisfy.-It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than flame sinking into smoke.

Those among us who have achieved the most have achieved only a fraction of what ALL of us are capable of. You haven't even begun to scratch the surface!

If your aims as a donor are modest, you can accomplish an awful lot. When your aims become elevated beyond a reasonable level, you not only don't accomplish much, but you can cause a great deal of damage.

If you don’t want your followers to give up in disgust, your inspiration needs to be in the service of goals that are at least attainable.

People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection.

Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.