Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Goals

Best Inspirational & Motivational Quotes To Help Set & Achieve Your Goals

For anyone in search of some Motivational and Inspirational Quotes on Goals in life! Look no further.

You’re probably ready to stop seeing “New Year, New You” articles. It’s already the end of January, and many Resolutions may have already been broken! However, in my mind, goal setting goes a step beyond a New Year’s Resolution, as you actually need to put a plan in place to achieve that goal. And it’s never the wrong time to revamp your personal or professional life by setting goals.

Many studies show that those who set and do track goals are far more likely to experience a more satisfying and meaningful life. So, why wouldn’t you want to practise goal setting?

“Setting clear goals and finding measures that will mark progress towards them can improve the human condition.” – Bill Gates

If you need further convincing that goal setting can create a more satisfying and meaningful life, I have included 31 Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on goals from uber-successful people. Emphasising the importance of setting clearly written goals for all aspects of your life.

What is Goal Setting?

Goal Setting is primarily a means of turning your dreams into reality. All top-level athletes, high achievers and successful business people set goals. Whether you are conscious about it or not, we all have goals that we want to achieve. You need to have a plan and then break that plan down into more sensible, small and manageable steps.

In the simplest of terms, you need to...

1. Dream Big!
2. Decide what it is you want.
3. Write that s#*t down.
4. Set some goals.
5. Make a plan to achieve those goals.
6. Work on that plan every single day!

It’s a New Year and a New Decade! It is the perfect opportunity to revamp one’s personal or professional life. And if I’m brutally honest, these quotes are self-serving to help me find inspiration and motivation!

I hope these 31 amazing Inspirational and Motivational Quotes help you set and achieve your goals in life, too!

Paula x

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My Favourite Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Goals

“Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals, and I’ll give you a stock clerk.” – J.C. Penney

“A goal with no plan is just a wish.” – Anonymous

“A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.” – Walt Disney.

Motivational and Inspirational Quotes on Goals

“You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

“The big secret in life is that there is no secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.” – Fitzhugh Dodson

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” –Anthony Robbins

“An average person with average talents and ambition and average education can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society if that person has clear, focused goals.” – Mary Kay Ash

“The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.” – Michelle Obama

“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.” – Andrew Carnegie

“The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” – Michelangelo

The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.” – Benjamin Mays

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn

“Set a goal to achieve something so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at the same time.” – Bob Proctor

“You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential.” – Steve Garvey

“The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact… those people have goals.” – Seth Godin

“The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, learn about them or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” – Denis Waitley

“A goal is a gift you give yourself today for tomorrow.” – Jon Acuff

“Most “impossible” goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite-size chunks, writing them down, believing them, and then going full speed ahead as if they were routine.” – Don Lancaster

“You can set a direct course for your future by defining your goals, or, you can take the opposite position and just let the future haphazardly unfold by itself.” – Catherine Pulsifer

“Who aims at excellence will be above mediocrity; who aims at mediocrity will be far short of it.” – Burmese saying

“Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them. And there’s no telling what will happen when you act upon them.” – Jim Rohn

More great quotes on Goals

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”- Pablo Picasso

“If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life that you want, you’re going to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” – Kevin Ngo

“Goals you refuse to chase don’t disappear — they become ghosts that haunt you. Do you know why strangers rage at each other online and are so quick to be angry and offended these days? Because their passion has no other outlet. When you refuse to deal in joy, you don’t quit being emotional; you just funnel all that fury somewhere else. Many a troll was born from the heartache of a goal he dared not finish. Maybe a troll is just someone who lost to perfectionism so many times he gave up on his own goals and decided to tear down someone else’s.” – Jon Acuff

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” -Albert Einstein

“It’s not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What’s hard, she said, is figuring out what you’re willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.” – Shauna Niequist

“One part at a time, one day at a time, we can accomplish any goal we set for ourselves.” – Karen Casey

“Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren’t sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.” -John Carmack