ACHIEVING
ACHIEVING
We will explore together our dreams, our ideals, goals and objectives in life, what success means to us, what motivates us, what we want to achieve . Below are some inspirational quotes to reflect on dreams, goals and ideals.
Our dreams: what success means to us
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley
“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”
Rabindra Nath Tagore
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
Henry David Thoreau
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Benjamin Franklin
Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation And the second choice? To do it all! To become all that we can possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much as we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly can.”
Jim Rohn
“It's not the critic who counts. It's not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled. Credit belongs to the man who really was in the arena, his face marred by dust, sweat, and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs to come short and short again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. It is the man who actually strives to do the deeds, who knows the great enthusiasm and knows the great devotion, who spends himself on a worthy cause, who at best, knows in the end the triumph of great achievement. And, who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and cruel souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.
Samuel Smiles
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
Tony Robbins
Goals and Objectives
“Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
Albert Einstein
“If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.”
Yogi Berra
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
Michaelangelo
“Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.”
Theodore Roosevelt
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
C. S. Lewis
"We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile."
Earl Nightingale
"You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give."
E. O. Wilson
"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal."
Elbert Hubbard
"All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose."
Brian Tracy
"A goal is a dream with a deadline."
Napoleon Hill
"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another."
John Dewey
"A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement."
Bo Bennett
"Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal."
Earl Nightingale
"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal."
Earl Nightingale
"When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference."
Jack Canfield
"My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art."
Jimi Hendrix
Ideals
"Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles."
Jawaharlal Nehru
"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle."
William Osler
"Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them."
Carl Schurz
"Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible."
Walter Lippmann
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
Louisa May Alcot
We will explore together our dreams, our ideals, goals and objectives in life, what success means to us, what motivates us, what we want to achieve . Below are some inspirational quotes to reflect on dreams, goals and ideals.
Our dreams: what success means to us
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley
“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”
Rabindra Nath Tagore
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
Henry David Thoreau
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Benjamin Franklin
Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation And the second choice? To do it all! To become all that we can possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much as we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as much as we possibly can.”
Jim Rohn
“It's not the critic who counts. It's not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled. Credit belongs to the man who really was in the arena, his face marred by dust, sweat, and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs to come short and short again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. It is the man who actually strives to do the deeds, who knows the great enthusiasm and knows the great devotion, who spends himself on a worthy cause, who at best, knows in the end the triumph of great achievement. And, who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and cruel souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.
Samuel Smiles
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
Tony Robbins
Goals and Objectives
“Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
Albert Einstein
“If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.”
Yogi Berra
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
Michaelangelo
“Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.”
Theodore Roosevelt
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
C. S. Lewis
"We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile."
Earl Nightingale
"You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give."
E. O. Wilson
"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal."
Elbert Hubbard
"All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose."
Brian Tracy
"A goal is a dream with a deadline."
Napoleon Hill
"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another."
John Dewey
"A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement."
Bo Bennett
"Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal."
Earl Nightingale
"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal."
Earl Nightingale
"When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference."
Jack Canfield
"My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art."
Jimi Hendrix
Ideals
"Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles."
Jawaharlal Nehru
"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle."
William Osler
"Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them."
Carl Schurz
"Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible."
Walter Lippmann
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
Louisa May Alcot