Goal

Ford on Obstacles

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

— Henry Ford

Winfrey on Energy

"Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus."

— Oprah Winfrey

Oprah on Energy

"Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus."

— Oprah Winfrey

Syrus on Turning Back

"Do not turn back when you are just at the goal."

— Publilius Syrus

DeMille on Dedication

"The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication."

— Cecil B. DeMille

A Successful Individual

"A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration."

— Kurt Lewin

Select a Goal

"To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action."

— Michael Hanson

Oprah on Life's Secret

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."

— Oprah Winfrey

Zeno on the Goal

"The goal of life is living in agreement with nature."

— Zeno

Norris on Difficulties and Delays

"Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin."

— Kathleen Norris

Pasteur on the Secret

"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity."

— Louis Pasteur

Antoine on Goals

"A goal without a plan is just a wish."

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

When Defeat Comes

"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal."

— Napoleon Hill

Aiming for Goals

"It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it."

— Arnold Toynbee

Successful Individuals

"A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration."

— Kurt Lewin

DeMille on Dedication

"The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication."

— Cecil B. DeMille

Ford on Obstacles

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off
your goal. "

— Henry Ford

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