If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk. ~By Rosalynn Carter ~
If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined. ~By Paul J. Meyer ~
Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. ~By Jurgen Habermas ~
If you get a chance to be in a film, that's great. One of my goals is to make a record as good as Don Henley's album, Building the Perfect Beast. ~By Glenn Frey ~
We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration. ~By Burt Rutan ~
It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state. ~By John Kenneth Galbraith ~
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you. ~By Les Brown ~
I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals. ~By Bonnie Blair ~
You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk. ~By Rosalynn Carter ~
But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them. ~By Imran Khan ~
I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do. ~By Kiana Tom ~
If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit. ~By Oprah Winfrey ~
Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But the government needs to set goals and long-range objectives. Total information awareness is a good goal. ~By John Poindexter ~
So if one day the result becomes 3-3, for me it doesn't change my mind, because it's football, it's normal. What is not normal is that we haven't been scoring enough goals playing such good football as we've been playing in the last few weeks. ~By Jose Mourinho ~
I always have a lot of personal goals, but primarily my main goal each year is to obviously win a Super Bowl. ~By Michael Strahan ~
Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself. ~By Denis Waitley ~
I was a part of Backyard Soccer, and I hear that I score a lot of goals in it. ~By Brandi Chastain ~
Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals. ~By Bo Bennett ~
My goals are for the U.S. team to get to the second round of the World Cup and to win a championship here in the U.S. with my club team the Columbus Crew. ~By Brian McBride ~
Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life. ~By Les Brown ~
Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering. ~By Rose Byrne ~
We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals. ~By Stephen Covey ~
Sometimes in football you have to score goals. ~By Thierry Henry ~
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive. ~By Robert H. Schuller ~
I want to do everything right now! This very minute. I am impatient, but yes I have goals. To be a real well-respected actress whom people know they can rely on to do a good job... whether they like me as a person or not! ~By Lynda Carter ~
Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution. ~By Robert H. Schuller ~
Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top. ~By Vernon Jordan ~
Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. ~By Haim Ginott ~
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. ~By George S. Patton ~
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership. ~By Gary Wills ~
Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there. ~By Bo Jackson ~
My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is. ~By Rebecca Lobo ~
Ukraine is also successfully moving toward democracy and making progress expanding freedoms and rights to its people. We can help Ukraine achieve these goals and improve its economy by normalizing trade relations. ~By Vito Fossella ~
And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable. ~By Erskine Bowles ~
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. ~By Les Brown ~
It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut. ~By John L. Phillips ~
One item on my agenda is simply planning trips, setting them as goals, something to look forward to. ~By Paul Parker ~
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals. ~By Dorothy Height ~
We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals. ~By Bill Richardson ~
One of the principal goals in my life has been to avoid embarrassing my children by doing the job I do. I hope I've managed to do that, and I hope that, with the job I'm in now, they are, if not proud, at least unembarrassed by it. I must say, my three are most agreeable children, who do nothing but delight me. ~By Hugh Laurie ~
From where I am sitting much of the country now sees the President the way I have seen him since the campaign. He is an ambitious leftist, with little understanding of economics, and with far-reaching goals to create significant and irreversible growth of government and redistribution of wealth through dramatic changes in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. ~By Charles W. Calomiris ~
I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals. ~By Michel Patini ~
You're forced to think about what your goals are and you clarify them because you're taking this journey with another person and you need to be open with your partner. ~By Sarah Michelle Gellar ~
You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself. ~By Teri Garr ~
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age. ~By Albert Einstein ~
Though I still have no semblance of a life outside of Nine Inch Nails at the moment, I realize my goals have gone from getting a record deal or selling another record to being a better person, more well-rounded, having friends, having a relationship with somebody. ~By Trent Reznor ~
I have so many goals. ~By Tyra Banks ~
One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written. ~By Mac Davis ~
Reducing health costs and increasing access to health care are worthy goals that every Member of Congress should support. ~By Jim McCrery ~
We need to build on the success of Social Security by developing bold and innovative ways for Americans to build wealth and save for retirement. I believe we can work together in a bipartisan manner to accomplish these goals. ~By Debbie Stabenow ~
Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government. ~By John Boehner ~
Goals help you overcome short-term problems. ~By Hannah More ~
One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete. ~By Tammy Bruce ~
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. ~By Mary-Kate Olsen ~
Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression. ~By Brent Scowcroft ~
If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals. ~By Robert Conklin ~
Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. ~By Marsha Sinetar ~
Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness. ~By Chelsea Quinn Yarbro ~
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. ~By W. Clement Stone ~
It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle. ~By Christine Lavin ~
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. ~By Denis Waitley ~
Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals. ~By Jim Rohn ~
I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down. ~By Mia Hamm ~
Most minds think from A to B to G to O, or hold goals and ambitions to keep them going. ~By Lynette Fromme ~
Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word. ~By Patrick J. Kennedy ~
Connecticut's first responders and defense workers work every day to help us achieve these goals. ~By Christopher Dodd ~
We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people. ~By Michael Crapo ~
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. ~By Tony Robbins ~
I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different. ~By Linus Torvalds ~
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. ~By Herbert Simon ~
A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the power to implement those goals. ~By Richard V. Allen ~
Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high. ~By Arne Jacobsen ~
Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them. ~By Les Brown ~
I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song. ~By Sheryl Crow ~
It was one of those goals that's invariably a goal. ~By Denis Law ~
No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one. ~By Jessica Savitch ~
As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities. ~By Alan Thicke ~
Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality. ~By Ralph Marston ~
There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life. ~By Pete Maravich ~
I just don't want to be rapping forever. I love it, but sometimes you got goals for yourself. ~By Obie Trice ~
Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest. ~By Yasser Arafat ~
We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about. ~By Margaret Spellings ~
Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours. ~By Doug Larson ~
At the bottom, the elimination of spyware and the preservation of privacy for the consumer are critical goals if the Internet is to remain safe and reliable and credible. ~By Cliff Stearns ~
You must be passionate, you must dedicate yourself, and you must be relentless in the pursuit of your goals. If you do, you will be successful. ~By Steve Garvey ~
I've reached most my goals and when my career is over I will have many other things to do. ~By Thomas Muster ~
I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings. ~By Hermann Maier ~
My goals are to hit .300, score 100 runs, and stay injury-prone. ~By Mickey Rivers ~
I think I'll take my record of 13 goals to the grave. ~By Just Fontaine ~
One lifetime is never enough to accomplish one's horticultural goals. If a garden is a site for the imagination, how can we be very far from the beginning? ~By Francis Cabot Lowell ~
True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life. ~By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ~
Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals. ~By Donald Rumsfeld ~
You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for. ~By Ted Turner ~
The anarchists, on behalf of the proletariat, therefore consider it necessary to show the proletariat that it will have to win a gigantic battle before it realizes its goals. ~By Johann Most ~
In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options as an actor who's been on a science fiction show for 8 years. ~By Michael Shanks ~
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. ~By Viktor E. Frankl ~
Funding privatized accounts with Social Security dollars would not only make the program's long term problems worse, but many believe it represents a first step toward undermining the program's fundamental goals. ~By Patty Murray ~
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. ~By Confucius ~
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. 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. ~By Mark Victor Hansen ~
You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them. ~By Rafael Palmeiro ~
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