Goal Setting Quotes: 30 Quotes About Goals to Inspire You

Everyone needs inspiration sometimes and these goal setting quotes will help you move closer toward your goals!

Before you can achieve anything in life, you have to know what you want. You have to decide that whatever you’re doing is important to you, that it’s worth it. And if it isn’t, it’s time to set new, more meaningful goals.

These goal setting quotes show that people in all different eras understood the importance of setting goals.

Studies have shown that people who write their goals down are 50% more likely to actually achieve them!

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And if you need a push to get started? Find the motivation with these 30 insightful quotes about goals.

Quotes About Goals

SETTING GOALS IS THE FIRST STEP IN TURNING THE INVISIBLE INTO THE VISIBLE. – TONY ROBBINS Share on X

PEOPLE ARE NOT LAZY. THEY SIMPLY HAVE IMPOTENT GOALS THAT IS, GOALS THAT DO NOT INSPIRE THEM. – TONY ROBBINS Share on X

“NO ONE LIVES LONG ENOUGH TO LEARN EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO LEARN STARTING FROM SCRATCH. TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY HAVE TO FIND PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID THE PRICE TO LEARN THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LEARN TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.” – BRIAN TRACY

ALL SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ARE BIG DREAMERS. THEY IMAGINE WHAT THEIR FUTURE COULD BE, IDEAL IN EVERY RESPECT, AND THEN THEY WORK EVERY DAY TOWARD THEIR DISTANT VISION, THAT GOAL OR PURPOSE. – BRIAN TRACY

GOALS ALLOW YOU TO CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE IN YOUR FAVOR. – BRIAN TRACY Share on X

PEOPLE WITH CLEAR, WRITTEN GOALS, ACCOMPLISH FAR MORE IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME THAN PEOPLE WITHOUT THEM COULD EVER IMAGINE. – BRIAN TRACY Share on X

VAGUE GOALS PRODUCE VAGUE RESULTS. – JACK CANFIELD Share on X

IF YOU ARE CLEAR ABOUT YOUR GOALS AND TAKE SEVERAL STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION EVERYDAY, EVENTUALLY YOU WILL SUCCEED. SO DECIDE WHAT IT IS YOU WANT, WRITE IT DOWN, REVIEW IT CONSTANTLY, AND EACH DAY DO SOMETHING THAT MOVES YOU TOWARD THOSE GOALS. – JACK CANFIELD

YOU MUST TAKE ACTION NOW THAT WILL MOVE YOU TOWARDS YOUR GOALS. DEVELOP A SENSE OF URGENCY IN YOUR LIFE. – LES BROWN Share on X

IF YOU DO NOT DEVELOP THE HUNGER AND COURAGE TO PURSUE YOUR GOAL, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR NERVE AND YOU WILL GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAM. – LES BROWN

WHAT YOU GET BY ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT YOU BECOME BY ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS. – ZIG ZIGLAR Share on X

GOALS ENABLE YOU TO DO MORE FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS, TOO. – ZIG ZIGLAR Share on X

A GOAL PROPERLY SET IS HALFWAY REACHED. – ZIG ZIGLAR Share on X

YOU CANNOT CHANGE YOUR DESTINATION OVERNIGHT, BUT YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR DIRECTION OVERNIGHT. – JIM ROHN Share on X

DISCIPLINE IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHMENT. – JIM ROHN Share on X

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THE ULTIMATE REASON FOR SETTING GOALS IS TO ENTICE YOU TO BECOME THE PERSON IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE THEM. – JIM ROHN Share on X

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. THERE’S NO TELLING WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU ACT UPON THEM. – JIM ROHN

SET GOALS NOT FOR THE OUTCOME ITSELF, BUT FOR WHO YOU GET TO BECOME IN THE PROCESS. – JIM ROHN Share on X

IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY, SET A GOAL THAT COMMANDS YOUR THOUGHTS, LIBERATES YOUR ENERGY, AND INSPIRES YOUR HOPES. – ANDREW CARNEGIE Share on X

BELIEVE IN THE BEST … HAVE A GOAL FOR THE BEST, NEVER BE SATISFIED WITH LESS THAN YOUR BEST, TRY YOUR BEST, AND IN THE LONG RUN THINGS WILL TURN OUT FOR THE BEST. – HENRY FORD

GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE; WHEN YOU GET THERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE FARTHER. – J. P. MORGAN Share on X

IMPOSSIBLE IS JUST A WORD THROWN AROUND BY SMALL MEN WHO FIND IT EASIER TO LIVE IN THE WORLD THEY’VE BEEN GIVEN THAN TO EXPLORE THE POWER THEY HAVE TO CHANGE IT. IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT A FACT. IT’S AN OPINION. IMPOSSIBLE IS POTENTIAL. IMPOSSIBLE IS TEMPORARY. IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING. – MUHAMMAD ALI

A GOAL IS NOT ALWAYS MEANT TO BE REACHED, IT OFTEN SERVES SIMPLY AS SOMETHING TO AIM AT. – BRUCE LEE Share on X

YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO SET A NEW GOAL OR TO DREAM A NEW DREAM. – C.S. LEWIS Share on X

IT’S HARDER TO STAY ON TOP THAN IT IS TO MAKE THE CLIMB. CONTINUE TO SEEK NEW GOALS. – PAT SUMMITT Share on X

I THINK GOALS SHOULD NEVER BE EASY, THEY SHOULD FORCE YOU TO WORK, EVEN IF THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE AT THE TIME. – MICHAEL PHELPS

A GOAL WITHOUT A TIMELINE IS JUST A DREAM. – ROBERT HERJAVEC Share on X

IF YOU WANT TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE, TIE IT TO A GOAL, NOT TO PEOPLE OR THINGS. – ALBERT EINSTEIN Share on X

EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN MOUNT EVEREST THEY WERE PUT ON THIS EARTH TO CLIMB. – SETH GODIN Share on X

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

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