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Smart thoughts about purpose and aspiration. Aphorisms, quotes and sayings about goals and dreams

The collection includes phrases and quotes about goals, achievements, dreams and success:

Most people are only as happy as they decide to be.
I realized that the only way to achieve anything worthwhile in life is to work hard. Whether you are a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, you cannot do without work. Work hard - win, be lazy - lose. Bruce Jenner
Be kind whenever possible. And this is always possible. Dalai Lama
I didn't fail. I just found 10,000 ways that don't work. Thomas Edison

There is sun in every person. Just let it shine!
Miracles are where people believe in them. And the more they believe in them, the more often they come true.
Is it difficult for you? So you're going uphill!
To reach the goal, you have to go. Honore de Balzac
Your beliefs are more dangerous enemies to the truth than lies. Friedrich Nietzsche
What is unrealistic for simple eyes, we can easily understand with an inspired eye in deep ecstasy. William Shakespeare
Inspiration is happy and high slavery. A.N. Ivanov
The easier a goal is to achieve, the weaker the desire for it. Pliny the Younger
Inspiration allows a person to do the maximum of what nature has given him. Mikhail Ancharov
The goal can only be achieved when the means itself are already thoroughly imbued with the own nature of the goal. Ferdinand Lassalle
Inspiration comes only while working. Gabriel G. Marquez
Goals should be clear, simple and written down on paper. If they are not written down on paper and you review them every day, they are not goals. These are wishes. Robert Kiyosaki
The things you most don't want to do are probably the ones that are most worth doing. Winfred Holtby
If you want to achieve the goal of your aspiration, ask more politely about the road you have lost your way. William Shakespeare
I see a purpose, but I do not see obstacles!
The teacher said: “Seeing goodness in front of me, I run forward as if I’m afraid to fall behind. Seeing evil in front of me, I run away as if I had stepped foot into boiling water.” I have heard such words and seen such people. “I live in solitude in order to achieve my goal, and I follow what is necessary in order to prevent my truth.” I have heard these words, but I have never met such a person. Confucius (Kun Tzu)
Always look on the bright side of life. Monty Python
Success is when you fell nine times, but got up ten times.
You are the embodiment of the information you decide to accept and act on. To change your circumstances, you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions. Adlin Sinler
Success is a welcome gift to an uninhibited mind. Adlin Sinler
You have been sleeping for millions and millions of years. Why don't you wake up tomorrow morning? Kabir
By killing free time, you are thereby killing yourself and your future.
High goals, even if unfulfilled, are dearer to us than low goals, even if achieved. Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Difficulties increase as you approach your goal. But let everyone make their own way
Even if you are very talented and put in a lot of effort, some results just take time: you won't get a baby in a month even if you get nine women pregnant. Warren Buffett
Only mediocrity is always in shape. Somerset Maugham
Do today what others do not want, tomorrow you will live in a way that others cannot.
Average talent craves a moment of inspiration, great talent craves a moment of respite from it. Absalom Underwater
To achieve your goal, efficiency is needed no less than knowledge. Pierre Augustin Beaumarchais
The happiness of an individual outside of society is impossible, just as the life of a plant torn out of the ground and thrown onto barren sand is impossible. Tolstoy A.P.
The only thing that can direct us to noble thoughts and actions is the example of great and morally pure individuals. Albert Einstein
Focus is another name for inspiration. Alexander Kruglov
If people knew how much work my skill cost me, it would not seem like a miracle to them at all. Michelangelo
Today is the term of the winners. Tomorrow is the word of the losers. Robert Kiyosaki
If you only do what you know you can do, you will never accomplish very much. Tom Krause
The result justifies the action. Ovid
If a person is endowed with bad qualities, then for him all kinds of pleasures are like precious wines for a mouth poisoned with bitterness. Arthur Schopenhauer
Push your boundaries! I always do what I don't know how to do in order to learn it. Pablo Picasso
If you don't have a goal, you don't do anything, and you don't do anything great if the goal is insignificant. Denis Diderot
Try to do everything that seems impossible.. Life is too short, you might regret it later..
If you don't like what you get, change what you give. C. Castaneda
When you wake up in the morning, ask yourself: “What should I do?” In the evening, before falling asleep: “What have I done?” Pythagoras
If the goal is legal, the means are also legal.
Try and fail, but don't give up on your efforts. Stephen Kaggwa
There is only one corner of the universe that you can be confident of improving, and that is yourself. Aldous Huxley
Failure is a choice! Victory too. You will only lose if you decide so!
Live as if you would die tomorrow. Study as if you were living forever. Mahatma Gandhi
Remember that throughout history the path of truth and love has always prevailed. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they seemed invincible, but in the end they always fall - always think about it. Mahatma Gandhi
Life is striped, but we choose the colors ourselves.
A truly serious desire for any goal is half the success in achieving it. Wilhelm Humboldt
Envious people often condemn what they cannot do and criticize those whose level they cannot reach.
Victory begins on the day when only one opinion remains - your own.
Legislation is an easy means of destroying an individual in the name of the interests of society. Adrian Decourcel
A writer in the highest moments of inspiration feels as if someone is dictating a manuscript to him. Fazil Iskander
Sometimes a blow misses its target, but intention cannot miss. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Stay on track, light up the stars, change the world wherever you are. Richard Le Gallienne
Every day you need to do something that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt
Never give up on your dreams…
When it seems that the whole world is against you, remember that the plane takes off against the wind.
Hatred, like an advanced cancer, corrodes the human personality and takes away all vitality. Martin Luther King
When it is obvious that goals cannot be achieved, do not adjust the goals, adjust the practical steps. Confucius
Not only advisable, but also necessary. Cicero Marcus Tullius
He who is everywhere is nowhere. Seneca Lucius Annaeus (the Younger)
Don't listen to those who tell you that you can't do this or that. This is nonsense. Make up your mind, you will never use crutches or a stick to do anything. Go to school and join all the games you can. Go wherever you want. But never, ever let others convince you that something is difficult or impossible. Douglas Badler
Personal relationships are the fertile soil on which all achievements, victories and successes grow. Ben Stein
Don't let others terrorize you with the hopes they place on you. Sue Patton Toele
The best way to predict your future is to become its creator.
Don't look for motivation for yourself, become motivation for others!
You can continue to live, try to live with positive energy, spew less evil out of yourself, less resentment. Rejoice even on a gloomy day. It's crazy hard! Crazy, and I always say: try, try, pull yourself out of this whole quagmire. And fly! Marina Golub
Don't think about whether it's right or wrong... Do what makes you happy!
We enjoy the beauty of a butterfly, but rarely acknowledge the changes it went through to achieve that beauty. Maya Angelou
Mood is when you are “in the spirit”, and inspiration is when you are “in the Spirit”. Alexander Kruglov
We ourselves must become the changes we want to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi
We are not given the opportunity to change what has already happened to us, but we can react to events differently.
For every dark night, there is a bright day. Tupac Shakur
We draw our own world. Never say, “Everything is bad for me,” because words, like caustic ink, eat into the pages of a book.

Perseverance is everything. If you don't have the desire and self-confidence to move on, even if everyone around you advises you to quit, you will never achieve your goal. Townie O'Dell
We are born into the natural world; our second birth is in the world of spirit. Bhagavad Gita
There are no failures - only experience and your reaction to them. Tom Krause
We must call for, rather than wait for, inspiration to get things started. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration rarely breeds action. Frank Tibolt
Don't wait for inspiration or the right moment. Inspiration exists, but it must come while working. Pablo Picasso
There is a gap between the stimulus and our response. In this gap lies the freedom to choose our response. Our development and our happiness depend on our reaction. Stephen Covey
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss
It is not those people who do not achieve their goal who are deprived of insight, but those who pass by it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Not trying to make a living doing what you love is the biggest mistake people make. Malcolm S. Forbes
Anyone who wants to achieve a lot must set high standards. Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Don't judge and you will see the hidden beauty! If only we could get rid of the brain and use only our eyes. Pablo Picasso
When an artist decides to share the fate of everyone, he asserts himself as an individual. Albert Camus
It is impossible for someone else to do the work and for you to reap the benefits. Reading books about someone's spiritual development will not give you insight into it. You must improve yourself. Dalai Lama
When we strive for something, this something appears to us in an exclusively positive light; but now the goal has been achieved, and now only the negative aspects of our enterprise are striking. Jonathan Swift
Do not deviate from your goal for a single day - this is a means to prolong time, and, moreover, a very sure means, although it is not easy to use. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
When you love people and want to make a deep, positive impact on the world, you will have enough meaning to live. Sasha Azevedo
Experience is not something that happens to a person; experience is what a person does with what happens to him.
Some people strive so passionately and persistently for the object of their desires that, fearing losing it, they do everything in their power to really miss it. Jean de La Bruyère
From the heat of the soul, either ashes or an action remain. Jerzy Lec
Have the courage to say no, have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is the right thing. This is the magical key to living your life to the fullest. W. Clement Stone
It is bad if the authorities test their strength through insults; it is bad if respect is acquired by horror; With love you will achieve what you want much sooner than with fear. Pliny the Younger
Ask the right questions! Others saw what was there and asked why. I saw what could be and asked why not. Pablo Picasso
like the stars, calmly, not rushing, but constantly striving towards the intended goal. Johann Wolfgang Goethe
If you chase two hares, you won't catch either.
While we put off life, it passes. Seneca
Life is what happens while you are busy making plans. John Lennon
Remember: every time you are copied, it means you are doing something right. Salvatore Ferragamo
It's not too late! Youth has no age. Pablo Picasso
Problems are not solved at the problem level. Analyzing the problem itself in order to find its solution is like trying to restore the freshness of a leaf by tackling the leaf itself, while the solution lies in watering the root.
There are people who live without any purpose, who pass through the world like blades of grass in a river: they do not walk, they are carried along. Seneca Lucius Annaeus (the Younger)
The sale of land is the hidden sale of a person into slavery. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
If you feel like you're giving up, remember what you were holding on for before.
Let our highest goal be one thing: to speak as we feel, and to live as we speak. Seneca Lucius Annaeus (the Younger)
If the problem can be resolved, there is no need to worry about it. If a problem cannot be solved, there is no point in worrying about it. Dalai Lama
Since our business is new, we must think and act in a new way. Abraham Lincoln
If we don't build our future, we will have to endure it.
Reason shows us the goal, and passions lead us away from it. Jean Jacques Rousseau
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney
The biggest stupidity is to do the same thing and hope for a different result.
If your actions inspire others, dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams
The combination of reactionary ideas with revolutionary feelings results in the fascist personality type. Wilhelm Reich
If the author does not ignite a book with the fire of inspiration, it does not ignite readers. Abdula Kahhar
Set yourself only achievable goals. Horace (Quintus Horace Flaccus)
Trust yourself. You know more than you think. Benjamin Spock
They believe that success comes to those who get up early. No: success comes to those who get up in a good mood. Marcel Achard
Making money is the biggest mistake in life. You need to do what you feel inclined and talented for, and if you succeed in this, there will be money. Grig Garson
Dance like no one can see you, sing like no one can hear you, love like you've never been hurt, and live like heaven is already on earth.
Take action! Put off until tomorrow only what you do not want to complete until the day you die. Pablo Picasso
Difficult is something that can be done immediately, impossible is something that will take some time.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration. Thomas Alva Edison
Each person individually and everyone together has, one might say, a certain goal, in pursuit of which they choose one thing and avoid another. Aristotle
Outstanding personalities are formed not through beautiful speeches, but through their own work and its results. Albert Einstein
A mind that has no definite purpose is lost; to be everywhere is to be nowhere. Michel de Montaigne
You may face many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your struggles do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome them. Maya Angelou
Success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
Get up in the morning, wash your face, put yourself in order - and immediately put your planet in order. A. Exupery
Success accompanies those who do what they want. There is no other way to success. Malcolm S. Forbes
Well-mannered people respect the human personality, and therefore are always condescending, gentle, polite, and compliant. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The good is the enemy of the excellent. Jim Collins
Highlights of inspiration are cheap. The difference between inspiration and the final product, such as Tolstoy's War and Peace, is the sheer amount of hard work involved. Abraham Maslow
If you want to avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing. Elbert Hubbard
The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from growing after every fall. A person is defined by what he wants to do with his life, not by what happens to him. Clay Aiken
The purpose of every good action is to love what is worthy of love, to hate what is worthy of hatred, to enjoy what is worthy of pleasure, and to enjoy what is beneficial. What is bad is to use what you should enjoy, enjoy what you should use, hate what you love and love what you hate. Lorenzo Pisano
Inspiration comes from daily work. Charles Badler
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andre Gide
Inspiration is a breakthrough through ignorance. Salek Pinigin
Something pure does not become worse if bad people take care of it; in general, it is the lot of the good. Pliny the Younger
Inspiration is like appetite: when you don’t have it, you need to take a walk, have a drink, or just sit down at the table. Konstantin Melikhan
To achieve great things, we must not only act, but also dream, and not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France
Your time is limited, so don't waste this life on someone else's. Don't fall into the trap of dogma - which tells you to live in other people's thoughts. Don't let the noise of other people's opinions drown out your inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you want to become. Everything else is secondary. Steve Jobs
To justify ourselves in our own eyes, we often convince ourselves that we are unable to achieve our goal; in fact, we are not powerless, but weak-willed. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
At the beginning of each new activity, easy things seem difficult, but then difficult things become easy. Bodo Schaefer
It's kind of fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney
To be one step away from the goal or not to approach it at all is, in essence, the same thing. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
I never listen to anyone who criticizes my space travel, my attractions, or my gorillas. When this happens, I just pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room. Ray Bradbury
Only one third is achieved through abuse, everything is achieved through love and concessions. Jean Paul
I respect people who know exactly what they want. Most of the troubles around the world come from people not being clear enough about their goals. When they begin to erect a building, they spend too little effort on the foundation for the tower to stand. Johann Wolfgang Goethe
A good goal can impart value only to those means that are sufficient and actually lead to the goal. David Hume

There is no main thing - everything is important for victory! (Zmear)

Obstacles on the way to the goal, testing our desire to achieve what we want! ()

Let's hit alcoholism with drunkenness! (Vova)

What is the goal, such are the morals. (Valery Krasovsky)

We are on the right track, but in a traffic jam. ()

Sometimes the goal does not justify the money spent on ammunition. ()

The goal does not always justify the money spent on ammunition. ()

Sometimes the goal does not justify the money spent on ammunition. ()

The point is not what you achieved, but what you gave up. (Gennady Malkin)

Difficulties give rise to the abilities necessary to overcome them. (Wendell Phillips)

People must be valued according to the goals they set for themselves. (Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklouho-Maclay)

The most reliable compass on the path of life is the goal. (Boris Krutier)

While some are digging to the roots, others manage to reach the fruits. (T.Ber)

Life is a series of efforts. We see the goal, but we don't always see the road. (Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky)

He who hobbles along a straight road will outpace a runner who has lost his way. (Francis Bacon)

There are only two steps to go: one forward, one back. (Stanislav Jerzy Lec)

A person has three ways to act wisely: the first, the most noble, is reflection, the second, the easiest, is imitation, the third, the most bitter, is experience. (Confucius (Kun Tzu))

Every thing in the world is sweeter for us to pursue than to have. (William Shakespeare)

A pseudonym dreams of a big name. Otherwise, he would not have become a pseudonym. (Victor Konyakhin)

It may be that the whole goal on earth, to which humanity strives, lies solely in the continuity of the process of achievement, in other words, life itself. (Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky)

If you tripped and fell, this does not mean that you are going the wrong way. (Words by Vantala)

Once we finally lost sight of the goal, we redoubled our efforts. (Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens))

Nothing ruins a target like a hit. (Attributed to N. Fomenko)

Purposefulness is based on the art of neglecting the non-essential and secondary. (Mikhail Draispitz)

When you want to climb up, rely on your own legs. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Don't judge a person by what views he holds, but judge by what he achieves with them. (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)

We are all the same. Of the thousands of ways leading to the goal, we always instinctively choose the worst. (Alberto Moravia (Pinkerle))

There are times in our lives when it seems like the world has turned its back on us: work isn’t going well, opportunities slip through our fingers, one trouble is replaced by another, and the desire to give up everything, move away and never return is brewing.

I have compiled a list of 20 reasons that I hope will give you the motivation and inspiration to keep moving forward despite all the challenges. After all, it often happens that people stop fighting and give up, being just one step away from their cherished goal.

1. Remember: as long as you are alive, anything is possible.

There is only one good reason to stop fighting for your goals and dreams - death. As long as you are alive, healthy and free, you have every opportunity to continue. And do this until you achieve them.

2. Stay realistic

The chance of mastering something the first time is negligible. It takes time (sometimes a lot of time) to learn something, acquire the right skills and understand how to apply them correctly.

Allow yourself to make mistakes and learn from your mistakes.

3. Be persistent like Michael Jordan.

Michael is perhaps the best athlete in the history of basketball. He himself says that his path to the pinnacle of fame lay through constant failures. And his whole secret was that he never gave up and never gave up. He did not give up even when he realized that he had missed more than 300 shots, and many times he failed the last decisive shot that he was entrusted with making. Every time Michael fell, he found the strength to rise again.

4. Learn the will to live from Lance Armstrong

Doctors diagnosed cyclist Lance Armstrong, and the disease was gradually killing him. However, Lance found the strength and faith to defeat her. Moreover, after his recovery, he became the only athlete to finish first in the overall Tour de France six times in a row.

5. Remember the story of the person whose action inspired the idea of the marathon

In ancient times, when the Persians landed on the shores of Greece, an envoy was sent to Sparta to ask for help in fighting the Persians. All hope was placed on this envoy, because there were simply no other ways of communication and help.

Legend has it that this man covered a distance of 240 kilometers on his own feet in just two days. And a little later he ran another 40 kilometers to announce the victory of the Greeks over the Persians. True, after that he died on the spot.

When the challenges you face seem too difficult and you feel like giving up, remember this story and think about what it took for that first marathon runner to cover such a distance in such a short time. Don't try to repeat what he did, but use this story for inspiration.

6. Pull yourself out of rock bottom like Chris Gardner

Have you seen the movie “The Pursuit of Happyness”? It is based on true events in the life of Chris Gardner. This is a man who was able to pull himself out from the very bottom of a miserable life, when there was no work, no housing, no food. And yet, Chris found the strength not to give up where many other people would have given up, and to achieve his goal. He became .

If thoughts about quitting creep into your head, I recommend watching the movie “The Pursuit of Happyness” starring Will Smith.

7. Be resilient like Kanye West

Surely you have heard about this famous rap artist. Read his biography, I'm sure it will inspire you. This is the story of surviving with very little to survive and becoming one of the most famous and respected people in the world.

8. Stay true to your principles like Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela is one of the most famous human rights activists in South Africa. His life story is impressive in that he spent 27 years in prison for his political views, which he chose not to renounce even in exchange for freedom.

9. Know that you are strong

You are stronger than you think. One small obstacle cannot and should not stop you from achieving your goals, just like the next 10, 20 or even 100 obstacles.

10. Prove to yourself that you can

It is unlikely that you want to be remembered as a person who is weak and unable to realize himself. Go, prove to yourself and the whole world that you can, that you are worthy and will definitely achieve your goals, no matter what. The only way for you to lose is to give up yourself.

11. Have you done this before?

If someone has already done what you have in mind before you, then you can do it too. Even if there is only one person in the world who could do it, this is already strong evidence that you can do it too.

12. Believe in your dream

Don't sell yourself short! There will be many more people in life who will want to keep you where you are now. They will convince you that you have conceived the impossible and you need to face the truth. My advice to you: don't let anyone ruin yours.

13. Family and friends need you

Let the people you love and close to you become a source of inspiration and motivation to force yourself to move on. Try and don’t give up for them if you don’t find a reason to do it for yourself.

14. Don't give up because I ask you to.

15. There are people in worse situations

There are many people right now who are in a much more difficult situation than you. So, when you wake up thinking about canceling your morning run, remember how many people in the world cannot even walk and how much they are willing to give to be able to run every morning.

So take advantage of the amazing opportunity that you have to live life to the fullest.

16. "Get Rich or Die"

This phrase belongs to Curtis Jackson (50 Cent). 50 Cent is rich and self-made. And the fact that he was shot nine times did not stop him. Face your fears and don't take the easy route, which usually means giving up.

17. Let your enemies hate you

There will always be those who will. There will always be a lot of naysayers and people who will try to drag you down with them. Ignore them and don't take what they say to heart. Let the skeptics doubt, but continue to believe in yourself.

18. You deserve happiness

Never let anyone convince you otherwise. You deserve to be happy and successful. Stick to this position and never doubt it until you achieve your cherished goal.

19. Inspire others

Be an example for others as a person who never gives up under any circumstances. Who knows what someone else could achieve just by looking at you one day and also deciding to never give up.

20. You never know how close you are to success.

Many people gave up, not even suspecting that they were just one step away from success. No one knows for sure when success will come. Perhaps this will happen tomorrow, or maybe in a year or two. But if you stop, stop trying and give up, you will not achieve it in 10 years, or even by the end of your life.

The next time you want to give up everything, think, because it may very well be that success is waiting for you just around the next corner.

All that is required of you is not to give up!

Each person individually and everyone together has, one might say, a certain goal, in pursuit of which they choose one thing and avoid another.
Aristotle

Not only advisable, but also necessary.
Cicero Marcus Tullius

Set yourself only achievable goals.
Horace (Quintus Horace Flaccus)

The result justifies the action.
Ovid

He who is everywhere is nowhere.
Seneca Lucius Annaeus (the Younger)

There are people who live without any purpose, who pass through the world like blades of grass in a river: they do not walk, they are carried along.
Seneca Lucius Annaeus (the Younger)

Let our highest goal be one thing: to speak as we feel, and to live as we speak.
Seneca Lucius Annaeus (the Younger)

It is bad if the authorities test their strength through insults; it is bad if respect is acquired by horror; With love you will achieve what you want much sooner than with fear.
Pliny the Younger

The easier a goal is to achieve, the weaker the desire for it.
Pliny the Younger

Something pure does not become worse if bad people take care of it; in general, it is the lot of the good.
Pliny the Younger

If the goal is legal, the means are also legal.
Unknown author

If you chase two hares, you won't catch either.
Unknown author

The teacher said: “Seeing goodness in front of me, I run forward as if I’m afraid to fall behind. Seeing evil in front of me, I run away as if I had stepped foot into boiling water.” I have heard such words and seen such people. “I live in solitude in order to achieve my goal, and I follow what is necessary in order to prevent my truth.” I have heard these words, but I have never met such a person.
Confucius (Kun Tzu)

The purpose of every good action is to love what is worthy of love, to hate what is worthy of hatred, to enjoy what is worthy of pleasure, and to enjoy what is beneficial. What is bad is to use what you should enjoy, enjoy what you should use, hate what you love and love what you hate.
Lorenzo Pisano

A mind that has no definite purpose is lost; to be everywhere is to be nowhere.
Michel de Montaigne

If you want to achieve the goal of your aspiration, ask more politely about the road you have lost your way.
William Shakespeare

It is not those people who do not achieve their goal who are deprived of insight, but those who pass by it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To justify ourselves in our own eyes, we often convince ourselves that we are unable to achieve our goal; in fact, we are not powerless, but weak-willed.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Some people strive so passionately and persistently for the object of their desires that, fearing losing it, they do everything in their power to really miss it.
Jean de La Bruyère

When we strive for something, this something appears to us in an exclusively positive light; but now the goal has been achieved, and now only the negative aspects of our enterprise are striking.
Jonathan Swift

A good goal can impart value only to those means that are sufficient and actually lead to the goal.
David Hume

Sometimes a blow misses its target, but intention cannot miss.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

Reason shows us the goal, and passions lead us away from it.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

If you don't have a goal, you don't do anything, and you don't do anything great if the goal is insignificant.
Denis Diderot

To be one step away from the goal or not to approach it at all is, in essence, the same thing.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

To achieve your goal, efficiency is needed no less than knowledge.
Pierre Augustin Beaumarchais

Do not deviate from your goal for a single day - this is a means to prolong time, and, moreover, a very sure means, although it is not easy to use.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

High goals, even if unfulfilled, are dearer to us than low goals, even if achieved.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe

I respect people who know exactly what they want. Most of the troubles around the world come from people not being clear enough about their goals. When they begin to erect a building, they spend too little effort on the foundation for the tower to stand.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Difficulties increase as you approach your goal. But let everyone make their own way
like the stars, calmly, not rushing, but constantly striving towards the intended goal.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Anyone who wants to achieve a lot must set high standards.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe

A truly serious desire for any goal is half the success in achieving it.
Wilhelm Humboldt

Only one third is achieved through abuse, everything is achieved through love and concessions.
Jean Paul

No amount of results or achievements can correct the wrong direction.
Lev Tolstoy

The goal can only be achieved when the means itself are already thoroughly imbued with the own nature of the goal.
Ferdinand Lassalle

We bring to your attention statements and quotes about and their achievements from famous people. Of course, the list of these statements can be endless, as can the number of goals that a person sets for himself throughout his life, without even always thinking about it. You will probably easily agree with the meaning of many aphorisms, but other quotes about goals can be quite controversial. In any case, thanks to these statements, you can think about your actions and values. To do this, you should not read all the quotes “in one fell swoop.” After reading one aphorism, think about what the author wanted to say, how it relates to your worldview, and how the philosophical meaning of the quote can be used to achieve your goals.

We will be glad if you supplement the list of quotes about goals with those that you personally like or express your attitude towards the existing quotes. To do this, write them down in the comments.

If a person throws a spear at a target all day, he will eventually hit.2349 (M.T. Cicero)

The goal of every good action is to love what is worthy of love, to hate what is worthy of hatred, to enjoy what is worthy of pleasure and to use what is beneficial. What is bad is to use what you should enjoy, enjoy what you should use, hate what you love and love what you hate. (Lorenzo Pisano)

The past and present are our means, only the future is our goal. (B. Pascal)

Just as peace is the end of war, so idleness is the end of employment. (S.Johnson)

When we strive for something, this something appears to us in an exclusively positive light; but now the goal has been achieved, and now only the negative aspects of our enterprise are striking. (J. Swift)

A good goal can impart value only to those means that are sufficient and actually lead to the goal. (D. Hume)

The purpose of music is to touch hearts. (J.S. Bach)

Each person individually and everyone together has, one might say, a certain goal, in pursuit of which they choose one thing and avoid another. (Aristotle)

Man and, in general, every rational being exists as an end in itself. (I. Kant)

The slowest man, unless he loses sight of his goal, walks faster than the one who wanders aimlessly. (G.E. Lessing)

Achieving the highest virtues is the goal of man. You should not set any limits for yourself in achieving them. (G.S. Skovoroda)

If you don't have a goal, you don't do anything, and you don't do anything great if the goal is insignificant. (D. Diderot_

Sometimes a blow misses its target, but intention cannot miss. (J-J. Rousseau)

Reason shows us the goal, and passions lead us away from it. (J-J. Rousseau)

True science knows neither likes nor dislikes: its only goal is truth. (W. Grove)

The purpose of life is self-expression. The highest duty is duty to oneself. (O. Wilde)

If a person is healthy and has a goal, he does not think about whether he is happy or not. Sometimes he doesn't even think about whether others are happy or not. (J.B. Shaw)

The goal can only be achieved when the means itself are already thoroughly imbued with the own nature of the goal. (F. Lassalle)

An end that requires wrong means is not a right end. (K. Marx)

Have a goal for your whole life, a goal for a certain time, a goal for the year, for the month, for the week, for the day and for the hour and for the minute, sacrificing the lower goals to the higher ones. (L.N. Tolstoy)

Satisfy all the desires of a person, but take away his purpose in life, and see what an unhappy and insignificant creature he appears. (K.D. Ushinsky)

Purpose in life is the core of human dignity and human happiness. (K.D. Ushinsky)

We are fascinated by everything in which our ideal, goal and object of our desires and our love are manifested. (N.G Chernyshevsky)

You have to aim above the target to hit the target. (R.W. Emerson)

Our life is a journey, our idea is a guide. There is no guide and everything has stopped. The goal is lost, and the strength is gone. (V. Hugo)

To set all his forces in motion, a person needs to place in front of himself some noble goal that can inspire him. (J-E. Renan)

It is equally difficult for a poet, a senator and a shoemaker to admit that he is not the ultimate goal of the universe and the meaning of all things. (A. France)