"Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers."

Mary Catherine Bateson, American Scientist

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"It is a rare piece of legislation indeed where there is so much agreement about the goals."

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"The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self."

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"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."

Vince Lombardi, American Coach

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"And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students."

"Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship."

"What is a goal without a purpose?"

"In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way."

"As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end."

"It is a rare piece of legislation indeed where there is so much agreement about the goals."

"The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self."

"Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not the goal, then I don't want to do it."

"In football, side netting can sometimes look like a real goal and it can make spectators jubilate for a moment, and then ponder! So is life!"

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."

Explore more quotes by Mary Catherine Bateson

"The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it."

"Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food."

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"Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten."

"Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain."

"No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not."