Quotes on goal

Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation.

Author: John Abizaid

My goal was to develop into an independent research scientist studying clinical problems at the laboratory bench, but I felt that postgraduate residency training in internal medicine was necessary.

Author: Peter Agre

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

Author: Madeleine Albright

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it.

Author: Lamar Alexander

When it comes to helping out, I don't believe in doing it for the media attention. My goal is to support the organizations that need help.

Author: Paul Allen

Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal.

Author: Stewart Alsop

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

Author: Laurie Anderson

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.

Author: Mario Andretti

In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

Author: Yasser Arafat

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

Author: Mary Ash

It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.

Author: Paddy Ashdown

I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown.

Author: Alan Autry

The goal of the Head Start program is to give at-risk children all across our Nation a fair chance at succeeding in the educational system.

Author: Joe Baca

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.

Author: Russell Baker

At that level, every goal is like a knife in the ribs.

Author: Gordon Banks

And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy.

Author: Todd Barry

The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - the goal is always to make more nuance and colors.

Author: Cecilia Bartoli

I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football.

Author: Victoria Beckham

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Author: Saul Bellow

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

Author: Bonnie Blair

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.

Author: Gary Blair

Now I'm kind of different. I'm not saying I lost my spark - I still have it - but I don't chase the goal as much as I used to. I'm playing for the team and I still know I can score, but it's different than two or three years back.

Author: Peter Bondra

All this cuddling and kissing on stage these days, well it's all right in football when someone scores a goal, but not when you're playing darts.

Author: Eric Bristow

Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty in half is an impossible or abstract target. I think it is a real and achievable goal.

Author: Gro Brundtland

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

Author: Bear Bryant

I must firmly adhere to the views I have held and practice, that Socialism to succeed must be practical, tolerant, cohesive and consciously compromising with Progressive forces running, if not so far, in parallel lines towards its own goal.

Author: John Burns

There is only one goal. That's to keep working and keep flossing.

Author: Red Buttons

Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal you set yourselves, that you will achieve every aim .

Author: Eileen Caddy

I fully support the goal of species protection and conservation and believe that recovery and ultimately delisting of species should be the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's top priority under ESA.

Author: Dennis Cardoza

I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands.

Author: Mariah Carey

I consider a goal as a journey rather than a destination. And each year I set a new goal.

Author: Curtis Carlson

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

Author: Thomas Carlyle

Our goal should be to achieve joy.

Author: Ana Castillo

My training has been going really well these past few days and my goal is to keep it up for the next few weeks and hopefully earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.

Author: Sasha Cohen

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.

Author: Robert Collier

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

Author: Christopher Columbus

My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.

Author: Dennis Conner

Many a person who started out to conquer the world in shining army has ended up just getting along. The horse got tired, the army rusty. The goal was removed and unsure.

Author: Robert Cook

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

Author: Bill Cosby

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

Author: E. Cossman

To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent.

Author: Johan Cruijff

My goal is to be remembered as a human being and as a great performer.

Author: Bobby Darin

It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.

Author: Rene Daumal

We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder them from their goal in the pursuit of their mission.

Author: Dorothy Day

That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.

Author: Taylor Dayne

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

Author: Gavin DeGraw

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Author: John Dewey

I'll tell something, a lot of times I'd listen to Charlie and some of the interviews he had and he said, 'Well, yeah, I was a garbage goal collector.' But he knew the timing. I knew where he was.

Author: Marcel Dionne

I'm not going to make it the all - everything. Our (the Saints) goal is to get better, make the playoffs and win the Super Bowl, but I'm not gonna anguish over it like I have in the past.

Author: Mike Ditka

In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.

Author: Illeana Douglas

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go.

Author: Max Eastman

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Author: Thomas Edison

And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students.

Author: Dave Eggers

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Author: Larry Elder

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met along the way.

Author: Havelock Ellis

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way.

Author: Henry Ellis

Our goal is very simply to become the desktop for e-businesses.

Author: Larry Ellison

With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.

Author: Arthur Erickson

See that's a goal that I think it's very good in the debate to find out who the person is.

Author: Geraldine Ferraro

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Author: Henry Ford

It's always good to get a goal on your first shift, but this was a game it seemed everything was going in.

Author: Peter Forsberg

A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again.

Author: Robbie Fowler

You may be a redneck if... your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.

Author: Jeff Foxworthy

The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot - give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other.

Author: Sigmund Freud

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

Author: Mohandas Gandhi

The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously.

Author: Boy George

One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.

Author: Alma Gluck

As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market.

Author: Arthur Godfrey

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.

Author: Paul Goodman

I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal.

Author: Mikhail Gorbachev

If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the goal of going to the moon. Certainly we don't want to wake up and see that they have a base there before we do.

Author: Bart Gordon

I really want to do more mature, artistic, twisted, edgy films. That is my goal.

Author: Lucas Grabeel

Our goal isn't to close Wal-Mart down. It is to make it a better, more humane company toward its employees and the communities it is in.

Author: Robert Greenwald

And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal.

Author: Umberto Guidoni

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.

Author: Laurell Hamilton

You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it's worth it if you score a spectacular goal.

Author: Mia Hamm

When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the activity level being given to the muscle.

Author: Lee Haney

Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary.

Author: Alan Hansen

Unprovoked attacks on Israel's borders, murdering Israeli soldiers, taking Israeli hostages and showering rockets targeting and killing Israeli civilians are not furthering any legitimate goal.

Author: Alcee Hastings

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

Author: Stephen Hawking

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

Author: Gustav Heinemann

The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.

Author: Eugen Herrigel

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.

Author: Alexander Herzen

Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.

Author: Herman Hesse

The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.

Author: Ken Hill

If our main goal is to connect emotionally, we should want to have as many tools as we possibly can to achieve that goal. The more abilities that we have, the more choices we can make musically.

Author: Ken Hill

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

Author: Ken Hill

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.

Author: Napolean Hill

My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.

Author: Evander Holyfield

It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.

Author: Sarah Hughes

It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic.

Author: Johan Huizinga

Your goal is to achieve the best results by following their wishes. If they want you to build a house upside down standing on its chimney, it's up to you to do it.

Author: Richard Hunt

America is the last great goal of these migrations.

Author: Ellsworth Huntington

The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage.

Author: Gwen Ifill

In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.

Author: Patricia Ireland

I didn't always know, but I always wanted to. I always wanted to be the very best receiver the Cowboys ever had. That was my goal coming in as a rookie and my goal throughout my career: being the best they ever had, going up in the Ring of Honor.

Author: Michael Irvin

My agent said to me five years ago, 'Hugh, I can see one day you... if I had to plan a goal for you, it's for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.'

Author: Hugh Jackman

My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

Author: Jaromir Jagr

Also, for a team as strong as like ours, the Tour will always remain the biggest goal of the whole year, and personally I will certainly concentrate most of my energy on this race.

Author: Laurent Jalabert

Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.

Author: LeBron James

Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not the goal, then I don't want to do it.

Author: Joan Jett

My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.

Author: Jewel

My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea.

Author: Mike Johanns

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was.

Author: James Jones

Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program.

Author: Kim Jung

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Author: Abdul Kalam

The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.

Author: Rosabeth Kanter

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

Author: Jewel Kilcher

Another goal is to look to the resources we have and to see how we could do better to plan, in a sense, for the faculty and infrastructure that we will need to study Asia well into the 21st century.

Author: William Kirby

The player can only compete with the best internationally when they've committed themselves to this goal. They have to be properly supported until that point.

Author: Jurgen Klinsmann

My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.

Author: Shirley Knight

You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity.

Author: Helmut Kohl

And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.

Author: Olga Korbut

There is among us a far closer relationship than the purely social one of a fraternal organization because we are bound together not only by a single interest but by a common goal. To win. Nothing else matters, and nothing else will do.

Author: Sandy Koufax

To be honest, I'm not as goal oriented and ambitious as I once was.

Author: Chantal Kreviazuk

We all have a common goal, and we know it's all for our future good.

Author: Marta Kristen

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Author: Maggie Kuhn

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Author: Tom Landry

Charlton are a team who play well on the ball, but they found it hard to break us down, they didn't really have an out and out chance in front of our goal.

Author: Robert Laurent

It was one of those goals that's invariably a goal.

Author: Denis Law

It's sometimes easier to defend a one goal lead than a two goal lead.

Author: Mark Lawrenson

If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with - if you keep it out, it's not a goal.

Author: Mark Lawrenson

My goal is to be living back in Canada as soon as I can, hopefully somewhere in the Gulf Islands.

Author: Nicholas Lea

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

Author: Bruce Lee

The goal of socialism is communism.

Author: Vladimir Lenin

We have reached an important milestone and achieved a new momentum in reaching a goal all Americans should embrace - building a secure, peaceful, democratic Iraq that is no longer a threat to the United States or the international community.

Author: Joe Lieberman

My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight.

Author: Maya Lin

The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

Author: Charles Lint

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

Author: Vince Lombardi

If you consider that a typical Central American consumer earns only a small fraction of an average American worker's wages, it becomes clear that CAFTA's true goal is not to the increase U.S. exports.

Author: Stephen Lynch

Painting is the aesthetic side of the object but it has never been original, has never been its own goal.

Author: Kazimir Malevich

I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'

Author: Joe Manchin III

Revolution is not a goal in itself.

Author: Ernest Mandel

My goal was never to sell many records.

Author: Chuck Mangione

We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.

Author: Orison Marden

A good system shortens the road to the goal.

Author: Orison Marden

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

Author: Orison Marden

I have always said that I want to finish my career with the Dolphins and this put me closer to that goal. I have been fortunate to break many personal records, but my overiding goal is to win a Super Bowl here in Miami.

Author: Dan Marino

I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have.

Author: Martina McBride

So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.

Author: Barry McCaffrey

My goal was never to get re-elected.

Author: Scott McCallum

My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level.

Author: Scott McCallum

My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame.

Author: Joel McHale

Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness.

Author: Marshall McLuhan

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?

Author: Peter McWilliams

The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.

Author: Menander

25 years later, you know, I haven't really put too much emphasis on any kind of individual goal, other than trying to win any particular night, trying to find a way to do that.

Author: Mark Messier

My goal is the same as every year - to not hurt myself.

Author: Bode Miller

It's been really good to have a goal and go after it. That feels good.

Author: Shannon Miller

A few years ago my goal was to try and get the goddamned album made, which put me in a real bad frame of mind.

Author: Kylie Minogue