"One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low."
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"My goal is to help women to become the best version of themselves."
"What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved"
"What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world."
"A goal or cause in life, will help you come out of your hunger for insatiable desires."
"Say I have set my goal at 300 pounds, and I cannot do it. The very fact that I have been devotedly practising and practising gives me joy, and the tenacity or perseverance that I am showing is itself progress. Anything that we do devotedly and soulfully helps us make progress."
"The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it."
"Many badly needed goals, like fusion and cancer cure, would be achieved much sooner if we invested more."
"Either you set your goals and, in doing so, have your life governed by choice or you do nothing and have your life governed by chance."
"Be honest with yourself and with people always do everything on time. Never give up, go to your goals, even if all the bad. In this life, all really, you only need to do. The more I talk to people, the more I am convinced that in general they have one goal - to become the richest dead in the cemetery."
"Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses."
"I find that I get a little depressed if I don't move my body each day, so sometimes it's just as simple as walking, and other times it's training for a marathon or some kind of personal goal that I'm trying to meet."
"Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory."
"As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak."
"The goal of Scientology is making the individual capable of living a better life in his own estimation and with his fellows and the playing of a better game."
"I miss the old Kanye, straight from the 'Go Kanye, Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye, I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye, The always rude Kanye, spaz in the news Kanye..."
"Shake It Up definitely teaches kids about the importance of reaching for your dreams and setting high goals. It also teaches great lessons about friendship and family."
"Fame is a by-product. It's not a goal. What matters is loving your work and loving what you do"
"The final goal of all religions is to realise the essential oneness."
"I have found by experience that man makes his plans to be upset by God, but, at the same time, where the ultimate goal is the search of truth, on matter how a man's plans are frustrated the issue is never injurious and often better than anticipated."