Quotes by Goal Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such discussions: moral principles remain in their minds as floating abstractions, offering them a goal they cannot grasp and demanding that they reshape their souls in its image, thus leaving them with a burden of undefinable moral guilt. Ayn Rand offering goal people Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. Ayn Rand productive-work achievement goal The only thing that matters my goal my reward my beginning my end is the work itself. My work done my way. A private personal selfish egotistical motivation. That’s the only way I function. That’s all I am. Ayn Rand selfish motivation goal Virtue is not an end in itself. Virtue is not its own reward or sacrificial fodder for the reward of evil. Life is the reward of virtue-and happiness is the goal and the reward of life. Ayn Rand rewards goal evil Whoever you are, no matter what social position you have, rich or poor, always show great strength and determination, and always do everything with much love and deep faith in God. One day Ayrton Senna rich-or-poor determination goal One of my life goals is to be a best man. It's a baller position. You get drunk, you make speeches, and you make love to the prettiest bridesmaid, usually standing from behind. Aziz Ansari drunk goal men There are two brands of discontent: the brand that merely fosters greed and snarling and back-biting, and the brand that inspires greater and greater effort to reach the desired goal. Which is your brand? B. C. Forbes effort goal two It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal. B. C. Forbes basketball goal trying Goals are harmful unless they guide you to make specific behaviors easier to do. Don’t focus your motivation on doing Behavior X. Instead, focus on making Behavior X easier to do. B. J. Fogg focus motivation goal A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals. B. W. Powe spectacular defined goal When body, breath, and mind work together in harmony to achieve a spiritual goal, that is yoga. Baba Hari Dass yoga goal spiritual Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived. Babe Didrikson Zaharias athlete goal baseball I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it. Bai Ling goal blow wind Take care to make things turn out well. Some people scruple more over pointing things in the right direction than over successfully reaching their goals. The disgrace of failure outweighs the diligence they showed. A winner is never asked for explanations. Baltasar Gracian goal success people You are here to step into the shoes of UN ambassadors - to draft resolutions, to plot strategy, to negotiate with your allies as well as your adversaries. Your goal may be to resolve a conflict, to cope with a natural disaster or to bring nations together on an issue like climate change. You may be playing a role, but you are also preparing for life. You are acting as global citizens. Ban Ki-moon issues shoes goal Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal. Ban Ki-moon ambitious saving goal World military spending has now risen to over $1.2 trillion. This incredible sum represents 2.5 per cent of GDP (global gross domestic product). Even if 1 per cent of it were redirected towards development, the world would be much closer to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Ban Ki-moon gdp military goal We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principle goal in life is to be rich, thin, young, famous, safe, and entertained. Barack Obama empathy compassion goal We're going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL. Barack Obama isil defeat goal And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it. Barack Obama progress goal years «1415161718192021222324»