
For anyone in search of some Motivational and Inspirational Quotes on Goals in life! Look no further.
Youβre probably ready to stop seeing βNew Year, New Youβ 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

βGive me a stock clerk with a goal, and Iβll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals, and Iβll give you a stock clerk.β β J.C. Penney

βA goal with no plan is just a wish.β β 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.” β Walt Disney.

βYou are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.β β 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.” β Oprah Winfrey

βWithout goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.β β Fitzhugh Dodson

βSetting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.β βAnthony Robbins

βAn 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.β β Mary Kay Ash

βThe only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.β β Michelle Obama

βIf you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.β β Andrew Carnegie

“The greater danger for most of us isnβt that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.β β Michelangelo

The tragedy of life doesnβt lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.β β Benjamin Mays

βIf you donβt design your own life plan, chances are youβll fall into someone elseβs plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.β β Jim Rohn

βSet a goal to achieve something so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at the same time.β β Bob Proctor

βYou 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.β β Steve Garvey

βThe 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 impactβ¦ those people have goals.β β Seth Godin

βThe reason most people never reach their goals is that they donβt 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.β β Denis Waitley

βA goal is a gift you give yourself today for tomorrow.β β Jon Acuff

βMost βimpossibleβ 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.β β Don Lancaster

βYou 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.β β Catherine Pulsifer

βWho aims at excellence will be above mediocrity; who aims at mediocrity will be far short of it.β β Burmese saying

βGoals. Thereβs no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. Thereβs no telling what you can do when you believe in them. And thereβs no telling what will happen when you act upon them.β β 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
βIf you donβt make the time to work on creating the life that you want, youβre going to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you donβt want.β – Kevin Ngo
βGoals you refuse to chase don’t disappear β 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.β – Jon Acuff
βA goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.β – Bruce Lee
βIf you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.β -Albert Einstein
βItβs not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. Whatβs hard, she said, is figuring out what youβre willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.β – Shauna Niequist
βOne part at a time, one day at a time, we can accomplish any goal we set for ourselves.β – Karen Casey
βFocused, 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 arenβt sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.β -John Carmack

βAsk yourself if what youβre doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.β – Anonymous
Follow @365daysandopportunities for daily inspiration for β365 Days 365 Opportunities β every day do something that will inch you closer towards a better tomorrow.β! or check out my “365 Days 365 Opportunities – About”. N.b. For the entire month of January, I posted Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Goals.
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