Quotes
50 Goal-Setting Quotes to Actually Get You Moving
Fifty short lines worth pinning above a desk — sorted by the moment you need them: starting, aiming, doing the work, and refusing to quit.
A quote won’t set your goals for you. But the right one at the right moment can be the nudge that gets you back to the worksheet. Save the ones that land.
When you’re getting started
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.Lao Tzu
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.Mark Twain
Well begun is half done.Aristotle
A year from now you may wish you had started today.Karen Lamb
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.Zig Ziglar
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.Proverb
Do not wait; the time will never be just right.Napoleon Hill
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.Arthur Ashe
Someday is not a day of the week.Proverb
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.Walt Disney
When you need direction
If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.Yogi Berra
Goals are dreams with deadlines.Diana Scharf
A goal without a plan is just a wish.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become.Zig Ziglar
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.Friedrich Nietzsche
Dream big and dare to fail.Norman Vaughan
Vision without action is a daydream.Japanese proverb
Where there is no vision, the people perish.Proverbs
Aim at the sun and you may not reach it, but your arrow will fly higher.Joel Hawes
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.C. S. Lewis
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When it comes down to discipline
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.Jim Rohn
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act, but a habit.Aristotle
Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.John C. Maxwell
Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.Robert Collier
You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily.John C. Maxwell
Either you run the day, or the day runs you.Jim Rohn
Do something today that your future self will thank you for.Proverb
How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.Annie Dillard
Small disciplines repeated with consistency lead to great achievements.John C. Maxwell
The successful warrior is the average person, with laser-like focus.Bruce Lee
When you want to quit
Fall seven times, stand up eight.Japanese proverb
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.Confucius
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.Confucius
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.Walter Elliot
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.Winston Churchill
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it.Earl Nightingale
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in determination.Tommy Lasorda
When you feel like quitting, remember why you started.Proverb
Energy and persistence conquer all things.Benjamin Franklin
Little by little, one travels far.Proverb
When you need to focus
You can do anything, but not everything.David Allen
Where focus goes, energy flows.Tony Robbins
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.Socrates
It is not enough to be busy. The question is: what are we busy about?Henry David Thoreau
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.Stephen Covey
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.John Carmack
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.Leonardo da Vinci
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand.Alexander Graham Bell
The shorter way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.Mozart
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