Goal setting Quotes

“There's no such thing as a goal cast in stone. It should be a living thing that becomes a part of your life.”

“You can pick any life area to set goals for - it does not have to be the one where things are going bad.”

“Goal setting is good stewardship. Instead of letting things happen, goals help us make things happen. Instead of living by default, goals help us live by design. Instead of living out of memory, goals help us live out of imagination.”

“It doesn’t matter whether someone thinks I’mshort or tall, but it matters if I stand tall in my owneyes—because I know my disciplines, I know whatI’m doing, I know whether I’m doing it or not doing it.It doesn’t have to be published in some local paper,as long as I know that I’m paying the price and that Ideserve the applause and I deserve the prize. That’swhat’s exciting. That’s why this goal setting is soimportant. It challenges you to grow. It challengesyou to become more than you are, to move up to thenext level. And that’s key.”

“Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.”

“So why don’t we take the step of setting goals for ourselves? One reason that stands out is that we aren’t willing to accept full responsibility for our lives. If we don’t set goals, then we don’t have to reach them. Another excuse is that goal setting has never been part of our lives or culture. As a result, we may end up mixing with people who have no clear idea where they are headed, becoming a person who “follows the followers.”

“On ambition, goal setting and competition - it doesn't matter if you lose, but you can't win if you don't play the game.”

“Think goal setting is too laborious and time wasting? Try the goalless life and your regret will be unpardonably regrettable”

“Your choices of values and determining their priority precedes your goal setting”