"The goal isn't how much money you make, but how much you help people."
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"Paradoxical as it may seem, the purposeful life has no content, no point. It hurries on and on, and misses everything. Not hurrying, the purposeless life misses nothing, for it is only when there is no goal and no rush that the human senses are fully open to receive the world."
"It is in the very heart of our activity that we search for our goal."
"The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their virtue. Everything in a religion which does not tend towards this goal must be considered foreign or dangerous."
"Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly."
"My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor."
"No great goal was ever easily achieved."
"If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal."
"We are what we imagine ourselves to be."
"When body, breath, and mind work together in harmony to achieve a spiritual goal, that is yoga."
"We may know ourselves, and yet even with all the efforts we make, we do not know ourselves. We know our fellowman, and yet we do not know him, because we are not a thing, and our fellowman is not a thing. The further we reach into the depths of our being, on someone else's being, the more the goal of knowledge eludes us."
"People are happiest when they're trying to achieve goals that are difficult but not out of reach."
"Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable."
"Intense, burning desire is the motivational force that enables you to overcome any obstacle and achieve almost any goal"
"I'm a nice person! I have healthy life drives and goals! I don't drink, I don't smoke. I would never force myself sexually on a blind person!"
"The most important thing you can do to achieve your goals is to make sure that as soon as you set them you immediately begin to create momentum."
"Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow."
"Most people know how to set goals; few know how to achieve them."
"You need to realise that you must have something to aim for, something to drive you."
"Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive."