Goal
Definition: (In soccer, rugby, hockey, and some other games) a pair of posts linked by a crossbar and typically with a net between,
forming a space into or over which the ball has to be sent in order to score. The object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result.
Number of Quotes: 16
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
Robert Browning
Your goal as an investor ... to purchase, at a rational price, a part interest in an easily-understandable
business whose earnings are virtually certain to be materially higher ... years from now. Over time, you will
find only a few companies that meet these standards - so when you see one ... buy a meaningful amount of stock.
Warren Buffett
When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal.
When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.
Confucius
Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of those who work for us and pointing them towards a certain goal.
Walt Disney
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
William Faulkner
The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of
heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
People are ambitious and unrealistic. They set targets for themselves that are
higher than what you would set for them. And because they set them, they hit them.
Liisa Joronen
Our vision controls the way we think and, therefore, the way we act ... the vision we
have of our jobs determines what we do and the opportunities we see or don't see.
Charles Koch
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Abraham Lincoln
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it;
Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
In the Harbor
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I treat everything as a learning experience; then you become detached from the result and more interested in the experience itself.
Lorraine Moller
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
Laurence J. Peter
I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.
Donald Trump
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu
An environment which calls for perfection is not likely to be easy. But aiming for it is always good for progress.
Thomas J. Watson Jr.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as who you become (by achieving your goals).
Zig Ziglar
Last on Earth
