Life Quotes... Goals

“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.”
                                                Ben Stein

“The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.  The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.”
                                                Benjamin E. Mays

“Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.”
                                                Dag Hammarskjold

“Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.”
                                                Don Marquis

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
                                                Henry Ford

“If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.”
                                                Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Not failure, but low aim, is crime.”
                                                James Russell Lowell

“Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.”
                                                Jean Toomer

“When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.”
                                                Leo Burnett

“This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.”
                                                Scott Reed

“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.”

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