"The transformation from separation to unity, from conflict to peace, is the goal of all spiritual traditions."
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"In every failure is the seed of success... Our failures are stepping stones in the mechanics of creation, bringing us even closer to our goals. In reality, there is no such thing as failure. What we call failure is just a mechanism through which we can learn to do things right."
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"We didn't look like scoring, although we looked like we were going to get a goal."
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"I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That's how I've gotten to where I am."
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"A goal that is not in writing is like cigarette smoke: It drifts away and disappears. It is vague and insubstantial. It has no force, effect, or power. But a written goal becomes something that you can see, touch, read, and modify if necessary."
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"It is also a natural thing for a serious young man that he should form for himself as precise an idea as possible of the goal of his desires."
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"No matter what you do, you first have to have a vision... to see your goal, to believe in it, have faith in it and chase it. And then it's fun to chase it. If you don't have a goal or a vision, then you have nothing."
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"We allow each other to pursue our goals. I wouldn't want to be married to someone who was not happy with what they were doing with their life and Bono wouldn't either."
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"The essence of strategy is to align your ends with your means: to match your goals and your resources."
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"My goal is not to be better than anyone else..but to be better that I used to be"
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"You must make a daily effort to look upon others without condemnation. Every judgment takes you away from your goal of peace. Your ego loves your judgments, because with them you remain in a constant state of anguish and remorse. Keep in mind that you do not define anyone with your judgment; you only define yourself as someone who needs to be judged."
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"I like the digressive kind of traveling, where there's not a particular, set, goal."
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"A historian is interested in the past because he is interested in life... a deeply felt need to assure the continuity of human life and discover its meaning, even if the goal is never fully realized."
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"My goal is to entertain myself and others."
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"To reach an audacious goal, we sometimes benefit from having it lie just beyond our grasp."
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"A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives."
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"Vietnam was really an idealistic thing to stop the spread of communism, which, incidentally, it did. It was a pretty costly way to do it, but it achieved its goal."
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"It's not like I idolize this one guy Machiavelli. I idolize that type of thinking where you do whatever's gonna make you achieve your goal."
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"Our goals should serve as markers, measurements of the progress we make in pursuit of something greater than ourselves."
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"Life is futile unless it be directed towards a definite goal."
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