91+ Best Life Goals Quotes That Will Brighten Up Your Day

What exactly are life goals? Simply put, they’re the things you would like to accomplish in your life. They are essentially everything you want to do in life. Profoundly inspirational life goals quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.

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Famous Life Goals Quotes

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

One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals Michael Korda

I have a motto on my bedroom wall: ‘Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.‘ Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that’s worthwhile Chris Burke

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Tony Robbins

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. Earl Nightingale

Your goal should be just out of reach, but not out of sight. Denis Waitley

A year from now you may wish you had started today. Karen Lamb

If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. Lawrence J. Peter

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. Earl Nightingale

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

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for. Ted Turner

You must do the things you think you cannot do Eleanor Roosevelt

The real value of setting and achieving goals lies not in the rewards you receive; but in the person you become, as a result of reaching your goals. Robin Sharma

Goals are dreams with deadlines. Diana Scharf

If we have a goal and a plan, and are willing to take risks and mistakes and work as a team, we can choose to do the hard thing. Scott Kelly

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. Thomas Henry Huxley

Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution. Robert H. Schuller

I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there, you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants. Zig Ziglar

Get serious about setting goals to understand the power of goal setting Invajy

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. Marie Curie

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective. Dwight D. Eisenhower

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. Jack Penn

In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed. Sid Caesar

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. Stephen A. Brennan

I would encourage you to set really high goals. Set goals that, when you set them, you think they’re impossible. But then every day you can work towards them, and anything is possible, so keep working hard and follow your dreams. Katie Ledecky

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars. Les Brown

People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that’s what it takes to accomplish your goals. Curtis Jackson

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. Seneca

If a goal is worth having, it’s worth blocking out the time in your day to day life necessary to achieve it. Jill Koenig

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, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. Stephen King

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. Orison Swett Marden

You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things  to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. Edmund Hillary

Becoming a star may not be your destiny, but being the best, you can be is a goal that you can set for yourself. Brian Lindsay

If you’re bored with life  you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things  you don’t have enough goals. Lou Holtz

Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive. Robert H. Schuller

Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. Napoleon Hill

A goal properly set is halfway reached. Zig Ziglar

You can’t hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can’t catch a fish unless you put your line in the water. You can’t reach your goals if you don’t try. Kathy Seligman

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

Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you. Jeffrey Gitomer

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals  that is, goals that do not inspire them. Tony Robbins

Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try. Dennis DeYoung

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Og Mandino

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs. Mario Andretti

Rowing harder doesn’t help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction. Kenichi Ohmae

You can conquer almost any fear if you will make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind. Dale Carnegie

A good archer is known not by his arrows but by his aim. Thomas Fuller

By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands  your own. Mark Victor Hansen

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

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A birthday is a time to reflect on the year gone by, but to also set your goals for the upcoming year. Catherine Pulsifer

Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal. Elbert Hubbard

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

A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement. Bo Bennett

If you’re bored with life  you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things  you don’t have enough goals. Lou Holtz

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

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them. Stephen Covey

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

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal. Elbert Hubbard

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self. Dalai Lama

The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand

Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent return on energy! Brian Tracy

Any unforeseen challenges that crop up are only there to test your resolve on your way to ultimate success in reaching your goal. Byron Pulsifer

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

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. Earl Nightingale

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

A goal is a dream with a deadline. Napoleon Hill

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

Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers. Les Brown

We do not develop anything with one giant step. No matter who you are, or what you do, each one of us had had to take a lot of individual steps to accomplish a task, a job, a career, or even a hobby. Catherine Pulsifer

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going. Brian Tracy

Set a goal and don’t quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don’t quit until you reach it. Never quit. Bear Bryant

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden

The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender. David Allen

Begin with the end in mind. Stephen Covey

Setting goals and achieving them helps individuals improve their self confidence and self esteem Invajy

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. Jim Rohn

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

Don’t let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you’re crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you’re lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you’re greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn’t understand. Robert G. Allen

Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don’t think we can achieve something beyond what we’re qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams? Simon Sinek

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. Alice Walker

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

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Brian Tracy