100 Goals Quotes To Achieve Your Dreams In Life

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Here are a list of the best positive motivational and inspirational quotes about accomplishing your goals and living your dreams.

Every day you are going to be faced with so many distractions that can detour you from staying on your path and getting things done.

The best tool you have is your mind and self discipline so that you can stay focused on the tasks at hand that bring you closer to achieving your goals.

First…you must know what you want and have a clear vision.

Second…you must have a reason, purpose, and your “why” that keeps you inspired.

And third…you must have the willingness to take action each day that moves you closer toward what you want.

As the saying goes…

One step at a time.

One day at a time.

This is why we have created the ultimate guide to quotes about living and achieving your dreams and accomplishing and reaching your goals in your personal life, your career, and more.

These words of encouragement will help you to believe and pursue your dreams so you never give up!

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ACHIEVING GOALS QUOTES

Stop doubting yourself. Work hard and make it happen. – Unknown

Don’t try to be perfect. Just try to be better than you were yesterday. – Unknown

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. – W. Clement Stone

What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve. – Norman Vincent Peale

Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can. – Unknown

The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it. – Unknown

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it. – Jim Rohn

Results happen over time, not overnight. Work hard, stay consistent, and be patient. – Unknown

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. – Napoleon Hill

It’s perseverance that’s the key. It’s persevering for long enough to achieve your potential. – Lynn Davies

INSPIRATIONAL GOAL QUOTES

When the ‘why’ is clear, the ‘how’ is easy. – Unknown

The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Abraham Lincoln

It’s going to be hard. But hard is not impossible. – Unknown

If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan but never the goal. – Unknown

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. – Robert F. Kennedy

Set a goal that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning. – Unknown

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. – Ursula K. Le Guin

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. – Bruce Lee

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Henry David Thoreau

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction – George Lorimer

If you set goals and go after them with determination, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you. – Les Brown

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. – Napoleon Hill

CHASING DREAMS QUOTES

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. – Harriet Tubman

When you cease to dream you cease to live. – Malcolm S. Forbes

Chase your dreams. Don’t wait til the dreams come true. – Greyson Chance

That’s what life is for: dreaming and chasing that dream! – Avijeet Das

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanour Roosevelt

Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. – John Wooden

Dreams become regrets when left in the mind, never planted in the soil of action. – Auliq-Ice

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. – Henry Ford.

The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something. – Seth Godin

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. – Earl Nightingale

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. – Pamela Vaull Starr

ACCOMPLISHING GOALS QUOTES

Every accomplishment begins with the decision to try. – Unknown

A little progress each day adds up to big results. – Unknown

It always seems impossible until it’s done. – Nelson Mandela

I may not be there yet but I am closer than I was yesterday! – Unknown

Be stubborn about your goals and flexible about your methods. – Unknown

Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was. – Robert Louis Stevenson

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. – Jim Rohn

Don’t wait to reach your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take toward reaching the goal. – Unknown

Take it day by day. Results don’t come overnight. Change doesn’t happen immediately. Keep working towards your goals. – Unknown

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t step forward, you are always in the same place. – Nora Roberts

LIFE GOALS QUOTES

If it doesn’t challenge you it wont change you. – Unknown

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. – Robert Louis Stevenson

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch. – Mary Kay Ash

Success doesn’t just come and find you, you have to go out and get it. – Unknown

Your goals are the roadmaps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life. – Les Brown

The world wasn’t formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them. – Unknown

Set a goal so big that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can. – Unknown

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously. – Steve Maraboli

You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential. – Steve Garvey

FOCUS ON YOUR GOALS QUOTES

You said ‘tomorrow’ yesterday. – Unknown

A goal without a plan is just a wish. – Unknown

Starve your distractions. Feed your focus. – Unknown

Focus on your goal. Don’t look in any direction but ahead. – Unknown

Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things. – Mike Krieger

Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do. – John Carmack

What did you do today to bring you one step closer to your goal? – Unknown

The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it. – Mal Pancoast

I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest. – Venus Williams

To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles. ― T.F. Hodge

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. – Alexander Graham Bell

QUOTES ABOUT DREAMS & GOALS

Don’t call it a dream. Call it a plan. – Unknown

Goals may give focus, but dreams give power. – John Maxwell

You don’t manifest dreams without taking chances. – Stephen Richards

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney

Nobody but you have to believe in your dreams to make them a reality. – Germany Kent

A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement. – Bo Bennett

Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it. – George Lucas

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. – Paulo Coelho

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. – Henry David Thoreau

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. – Roy T. Bennett

Don’t downgrade your dream just to fit your reality. Upgrade your conviction to match your destiny. – John Assaraf

FUTURE GOALS QUOTES

A goal is a dream with a deadline. – Napoleon Hill

Don’t let your fear decide your future. – Shalane Flanagan

A year from now you may wish you had started today. – Karen Lamb

Setting goals is the first step into turning the invisible into the visible. – Tony Robbins

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’m not telling you it is going to be easy, I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it. – Art Williams

Don’t be afraid to start over. It’s a brand new opportunity to rebuild what you truly want. – Unknown

People with goals succeed because they know where they are going. It’s as simple as that. – Earl Nightingale

To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles. – T.F. Hodge

Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do. – Brian Tracy

PERSONAL GOALS QUOTES

You don’t get what you wish for. You get what you work for. – Unknown

If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else. – Yogi Berra

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and keep it. – Mary Lou Retton

Whatever your goal in life, be proud of every day that you are able to work in that direction. – Chris Evert

You cannot afford to live in potential for the rest of your life; at some point, you have to unleash the potential and make your move. – Eric Thomas

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, & become a better version of yourself. – Madonna

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance. – Brian Tracy

You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands – your own. – Mark Victor Hansen

CAREER GOALS QUOTES

Work to become, not to acquire. – Elbert Hubbard

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – Milton Berle

I’m not here to be average, I’m here to be awesome. – Unknown

Life is about making an impact, not making an income. – Kevin Kruse

To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work. – Sister Mary Lauretta

Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you are persistent you will get it. If you are consistent you will keep it. – Unknown

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further. – Thomas Carlyle

It’s not what you achieve, it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your career. – Carlton Fisk

Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.

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