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Plotinus Philosopher
Goal

"If someone with the right conduct tries to attain to something that lies outside of it, is his goal not the right conduct."

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Eleanor Roosevelt Political Activist, Diplomat
Goal

"Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to tomorrow is giving pleasure to other people."

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Carl Jung Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
Goal

"The self is our life's goal, for it is the completest expression of that fateful combination we call individuality."

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Bell Hooks Author, Feminist, Social Activist
Goal

"Solidarity is not the same as support. To experience solidarity, we must have a community of interests, shared beliefs and goals around which to unite, to build Sisterhood. Support can be occasional. It can be given and just as easily withdrawn. Solidarity requires sustained, ongoing commitment."

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Adam Smith Philosopher, Economist
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"The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state ....As Henry Home (Lord Kames) has written, a goal of taxation should be to 'remedy inequality of riches as much as possible, by relieving the poor and burdening the rich.'"

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Darrell Green Football Player
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"I think real true success is when, yes, you have reached the goal, reached yours, but it's how many others you have helped along the way."

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Theologian
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"God has reserved to Himself the right to determine the end of life, because He alone knows the goal to which it is His will to lead it. It is for Him alone to justify a life or to cast it away."

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Al Gore Politician
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"...it ought to be possible to establish a coordinated global program to accomplish the strategic goal of completely eliminating the internal combustion engine over, say, a twenty-five-year period."

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Christopher Explorer
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"I truly feel that if you understand yourself and set goals without the regulations and limitations others put on you, then nothing is impossible."

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Bette Davis Actress
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"I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless."

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