Quotes about Goals
Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
— Madeleine Albright
Never give up on a dream because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.
— Earl Nightingale
The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
— Stephen Covey
It's not enough to dream. It's not enough to try. It's not enough to set goals or climb ladders. It's not enough to value. The effort has to be based on practical realities that produce the result. Only then can we dream, set goals, and work to achieve them with confidence.
— Stephen Covey
The clock represents our commitments, appointments, schedules, goals, activities—what we do with, and how we manage our time.
— Stephen Covey
When we set and achieve goals that are in our Center of Focus, we maximize the use of our time and effort. Interestingly, we find that as we do this over time, our Circle of Influence automatically increases. We find positive ways to influence more people and circumstances.
— Stephen Covey
Once you have that sense of mission, you have the essence of your own proactivity. You have the vision and the values which direct your life. You have the basic direction from which you set your long- and short-term goals. You have the power of a written constitution based on correct principles, against which every decision concerning the most effective use of your time, your talents, and your energies can be effectively measured.
— Stephen Covey
BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals). When you blend these two together - Preserve the Core AND Stimulate Progress - you get a magical dialectic that keeps a company or organisation vibrant over time
— Stephen Covey
There's no way to go for a Win in our own lives if we don't even know, in a deep sense, what constitutes a Win—what is, in fact, harmonious with our innermost values.
— Stephen Covey
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.
— Stephen Covey
What contributions, what achievements will you want to have made in your field
— Stephen Covey
The key is to not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
— Stephen Covey