Clear Objectives Quotes

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

Begin with the end in mind.

A goal that is not in writing is like cigarette smoke: It drifts away and disappears. It is vague and insubstantial. It has no force, effect, or power. But a written goal becomes something that you can see, touch, read, and modify if necessary.

You've got to know what you want. This is central to acting on your intentions. When you know what you want, you realize that all there is left then is time management. You'll manage your time to achieve your goals because you clearly know what you're trying to achieve in your life.

What we can do is make sure that Afghanistan is not a safe haven for Al Qaeda. What we can do it make sure that it is not destabilizing neighboring Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons. The key is we’ve got to have a clear objective...

I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.

Correct observation followed by meticulous deduction and the precise visualization of goals is vital to the success of any enterprise.

Top people have very clear goals. They know who they are and they know what they want. They write it down and they make plans for its accomplishment.

In war, only the simple succeeds.

People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They write it down so they stay on course, and avoid any alternative that does not get them closer to the finish line.

How can I be sure I've succeeded, if I can't remember what I was trying to do

You have to be very focused and work very hard, but it is not about working hard without knowing what your aim is!

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.

IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS.

Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going to achieve it. In the military we are taught never to go for a single answer, no matter how obvious that might be.

A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood.

In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

Decide what it is you want, write it down, review it constantly, and each day do something that moves you toward those goals.

Now we may have more preachers out there than we have drinkers. But a fellow told me a story one time about a man down in Kentuckywhere they make bourbon. And he said you can take a jigger or two jiggers and get by all right. But if you try to take the whole bottle why you have lost what you started with. So don't try to take it too quick. And don't try to do all of it at once. I don't do much promising. I tell what my goals are and then I try to wrap it up and put a blue ribbon on it and get it delivered. We say put the coonskin on the wall.

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point from which one must begin.

My rather puritanical view is that any investment manager, whether operating as broker, investment counselor of a trust department, investment company, etc., should be willing to state unequivocally what he is going to attempt to accomplish and how he proposes to measure the extent to which he gets the job done.