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Goal Quotes

"Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps."

"Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps."

Saul Bellow, American Novelist

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"The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function."

"The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function."

Herbert Simon, American Scientist

Goal, Goals, Order

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"Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best."

"Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best."

James Harvey Robinson, American Historian

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"So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away."

"So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away."

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Leader

Goal, Israel, Weapons

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"At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it."

"At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it."

Fred Saberhagen, American Author

Goal, Living, Writing

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"One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident."

"One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident."

Alma Gluck, American Musician

Goal, Accident, Study

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"Now, China, India have set goals. We're going to be able to review what they're doing. We're going to be able to challenge them if they don't meet those goals. We're going to pursue this anyway, because the President understands that our future lies with a clean energy economy. We've doubled renewables this year. There are millions of jobs to be had there, more energy security, so we're going to pursue this."

"Now, China, India have set goals. We're going to be able to review what they're doing. We're going to be able to challenge them if they don't meet those goals. We're going to pursue this anyway, because the President understands that our future lies with a clean energy economy. We've doubled renewables this year. There are millions of jobs to be had there, more energy security, so we're going to pursue this."

David Axelrod, American Public Servant

Goal, Goals, Challenge, Economy, Energy

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"But I it doesn't matter who scores the goals so long as we win."

"But I it doesn't matter who scores the goals so long as we win."

Steven Gerrard, English Athlete

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"If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances."

"If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances."

Alberto Salazar, Cuban Athlete

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"Now my main goal is my solo career, so I want to keep doing that."

"Now my main goal is my solo career, so I want to keep doing that."

Paul Taylor, American Dancer

Goal, Career, Now, Want

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"Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one."

"Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one."

Ralph Ransom, American Painter

Goal, Being, Man

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"Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them."

"Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them."

Lee Haney, American Athlete

Goal, Goals, Day, Exercise, World

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"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."

"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

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"Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach."

"Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

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"Our goal is very simply to become the desktop for e-businesses."

"Our goal is very simply to become the desktop for e-businesses."

Larry Ellison, American Businessman

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"If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals."

"If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals."

Brian Tracy, American Author

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"As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market."

"As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market."

Arthur Godfrey, American Entertainer

Goal, May, Sound

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"I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'"

"I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'"

Joe Manchin III, American Politician

Goal, Open, State

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"Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed."

"Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Goal, Destruction, Iraq, Succeed

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"I was a part of Backyard Soccer, and I hear that I score a lot of goals in it."

"I was a part of Backyard Soccer, and I hear that I score a lot of goals in it."

Brandi Chastain, American Athlete

Goal, Goals, Soccer

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"If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it."

"If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it."

John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

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"I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands."

"I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands."

Mariah Carey, American Musician

Goal, Hope, Career, Past

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"A good system shortens the road to the goal."

"A good system shortens the road to the goal."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

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"I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song."

"I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song."

Sheryl Crow, American Musician

Goal, Goals, Song, Trying

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"A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go."

"A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go."

Max Eastman, American Author

Goal, Land, Mind, Play

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"It's important to score some goals and make the decisive pass for my club."

"It's important to score some goals and make the decisive pass for my club."

Robert Laurent, American Sculptor

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"I think we have the same goals in mind. We are not planning on just all of a sudden taking a film and separating. Hopefully one day she can direct me in something, or I will direct her. Or we'll produce a movie under our company's name."

"I think we have the same goals in mind. We are not planning on just all of a sudden taking a film and separating. Hopefully one day she can direct me in something, or I will direct her. Or we'll produce a movie under our company's name."

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

Goal, Goals, Company, Day, Film

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"But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs and growth."

"But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs and growth."

John Hutton, English Educator

Goal, Goals, Growth, Jobs

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"We're going in really fresh. We're going to have fresh legs and bodies, we're going to be able to stay the distance, and that's our goal."

"We're going in really fresh. We're going to have fresh legs and bodies, we're going to be able to stay the distance, and that's our goal."

Serena Williams, American Athlete

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"At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp."

"At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp."

Paul Pierce, American Athlete

Goal, Ability, Beginning

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"Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it."

"Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it."

Bill Toomey, American Athlete

Goal, Ability, Athletes

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"And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal."

"And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

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"The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note."

"The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note."

Michael Strahan, American Athlete

Goal, Winning, Fact

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"You may be a redneck if... your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand."

"You may be a redneck if... your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

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"My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands."

"My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands."

Just Fontaine, French Athlete

Goal, Goals, World

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"What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?"

"What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?"

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

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"Hollywood is going to have to find a way of meeting those profit goals."

"Hollywood is going to have to find a way of meeting those profit goals."

Peter Bart, American Editor

Goal, Goals, Hollywood, Meeting, Profit

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"We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder them from their goal in the pursuit of their mission."

"We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder them from their goal in the pursuit of their mission."

Dorothy Day, American Activist

Goal, Fact, Mission, Nothing

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"The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal."

"The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal."

Menander, Greek Poet

Goal, Labor, May, Will

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"While goals are chosen, a purpose is discovered. Our purpose is something we have been doing all along, and will continue to do, regardless of circumstances, until the day we die."

"While goals are chosen, a purpose is discovered. Our purpose is something we have been doing all along, and will continue to do, regardless of circumstances, until the day we die."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

Goal, Goals, Purpose, Circumstances, Day

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"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another."

"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another."

John Dewey, American Philosopher

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"And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration."

"And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration."

Olga Korbut, Russian Athlete

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"Goals determine what you're going to be."

"Goals determine what you're going to be."

Julius Erving, American Athlete

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"I think I'll take my record of 13 goals to the grave."

"I think I'll take my record of 13 goals to the grave."

Just Fontaine, French Athlete

Goal, Goals, Grave

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"I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however, is not."

"I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however, is not."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

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"My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones."

"My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones."

Kiana Tom, American Model

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"The goal of the Head Start program is to give at-risk children all across our Nation a fair chance at succeeding in the educational system."

"The goal of the Head Start program is to give at-risk children all across our Nation a fair chance at succeeding in the educational system."

Joe Baca, American Politician

Goal, Chance, Children, Nation

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"Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint."

"Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint."

Garry Trudeau, American Cartoonist

Goal, Goals, Complaint, Culture, Frustration

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"My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight."

"My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight."

Maya Lin, American Architect

Goal, Right, Words

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"Your goal is to achieve the best results by following their wishes. If they want you to build a house upside down standing on its chimney, it's up to you to do it."

"Your goal is to achieve the best results by following their wishes. If they want you to build a house upside down standing on its chimney, it's up to you to do it."

Richard M. Hunt, American Historian

Goal, Results, Want, Wishes

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