Goals Priorities Quotes & Sayings

If you truly feel that self esteem and motivation have to happen first before you can make changes in your life, then we'll probably be sharing walkers at a retirement home as we talk over what might have been. — Shannon L. Alder

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all. — Peter F. Drucker

Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it. — Marcus Aurelius

Every hour you are not going after your passion, making your dreams a reality or defining your purpose is an hour you can't get back. Is what you're doing right now, this day, this moment getting you closer to where you want to be? If not, readjust your focus. It's your future. Go get it! — Elizabeth Bourgeret

There are four purposes of improvement: easier, better, faster, and cheaper. These four goals appear in the order of priority. — Shigeo Shingo

There are often two sets of goals in life: those that we establish, and those that really matter. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

You cannot pursue all your goals simultaneously or satisfy all your desires at once. And it's an emotional drain to think you can. Instead, you must focus on long-term fulfillment rather than short-term success and, at various points in your life, think carefully about your priorities. — Eric C. Sinoway

Life is all about priorities. Year after year, day after day, and even minute after minute you have to embrace what is more important and essential for you and not look back. When others don't understand or admonish you for your choices don't give it any energy because they are telling you that their wants are more significant than yours. — Carl Henegan

You perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives. — Brian Tracy

We are aware that in 2005 our efforts to preserve the stability and prestige of the Republic of Bulgaria in the area of foreign policy, and our efforts to attain fully our strategic goals will be mostly contingent upon the way we address our domestic priorities. — Georgi Parvanov

The great spider never worries itself chasing after its prey with all of its energy and strength. It only exerts its energy each morning to build its web in a magnificent way; relaxes in it and awaits its prey that will miss its path into the web — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Life is as simple as these three questions: What do I want? Why do I want it? And, how will I achieve it? — Shannon L. Alder

Common foreign policy is completely unnecessary. The various European countries have widely differing priorities, goals and prejudices. It would be wrong to force them all to follow the same course. — Vaclav Klaus

You meet dozens of people who tell you you can't do it. Surround yourself with the people who believe you will do it. Seek out and spend time with those rare people who tell you, no BS, why you haven't done it yet, what it takes to do it, and how they could help you do it. Note how this advice works whether 'it' is robbing a bank, opening a gallery, or writing a bestseller. "It" is up to you. But you can't do it alone. — Heather Grace Stewart

You do not get to choose the events that come your way nor the sorrows that interrupt your life. They will likely be a surprise to you, catching you off quard and unprepared. You may hold your head in your hands and lament your weak condition and wonder what you ought to do. To suffer, that is common to all. To suffer and still keep your composure, your faith and your smile, that is remarkable. Pain will change you more profoundly than success or good fortune. Suffering shapes your perception of life, your values and priorities, and your goals and dreams. Your pain is changing you, — David Crosby

Predetermine a course of action.
Lay out your goals.
Adjust your priorities.
Notify key personnel.
Allow time for acceptance.
Head into action.
Expect problems.
Always point to the successes. — John C. Maxwell

As for money and prestige, if one has an opportunity to make money and/or advance their position or place in life, there can be a lot to weigh and consider, such as responsibilities, goals and objectives, etc. We all make choices, deal with our sense of priorities, principles, ethics, morals, balancing, juggling, making compromises ... or not! Ha! — Axl Rose

With no goals, no priorities, no life strategy of our own, we drift with the herd through an endless meadow of mediocrity, unable to break loose, to achieve even a small part of the dreams we once cherished. — Og Mandino

You must have goals for your life. Do not fear take a bold step to realize your goals. — Lailah Gifty Akita

First, you must remain true to your values and priorities. Never violate your personal values or principles simply in order to get money. This may involve adopting such traits as always acting with honesty, integrity, and compassion in how you make your money; not doing harm to others; and being transparent in your goals and objectives. — Ilchi Lee

Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions, these can be changed as your priorities change, new one added, and others dropped. — Christopher Columbus

I found that the experts in time management all agree that it's not time, nor lack of time, that's the problem. It's a misalignment of priorities or a misunderstanding of what matters. It could be a lack of depth on the part of the doer, a lack of inner character, or a neglect to pursue inner goals that really matter. — Katharine Grubb

The fact that you don't have any money is a result of all your other problems. You have thinking problems. Attitude problems. Self-esteem problems. You are lazy. You lack discipline. You lack goals. Your priorities are out of whack.
Your biggest problem is not in your wallet or your bank account. Your biggest problem is between your ears. You will fix your money problems when you fix your other problems. — Larry Winget

And as we [ the Church] move towards setting new (United Nations') sustainable development goals, we also understand that one of our key priorities is improving social inclusion. — Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo

Priorities are the yearly goals that I'm most interested in achieving, then they become operationalized through weekly goals. — Robert Pozen

All the vital components that make a relationship successful, without any of the emotional messiness to drag it down. It's about respect, caring, and commitment. Shared goals and compatible priorities. It's about treating marriage like a partnership instead of some romantic fantasy. It's about two people liking each other. — Mira Lyn Kelly

Whatever I 'align' myself with are the very things that will create a 'line' into my future. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Make it a point to be around those with positive energy - people who want what's best for you, people who understand your goals and priorities. — Rebecca Lobo

Effective people lead their lives and manage their relationships around principles; ineffective people attempt to manage their time around priorities and their tasks around goals. Think effectiveness with people; efficiency with things. — Stephen R. Covey

Coherence suggests that there is harmony, unity, and integrity between your vision and mission, your roles and goals, your priorities and plans, and your desires and discipline. — Stephen R. Covey

I've learned so much during my time with cancer. It's taught me a lot about who I am. It revealed to me my true goals and priorities. It introduced me to a brand new world where time isn't wasted, and important things aren't left unsaid. All the while, the superfluities of life are ignored and forgotten. Because I now understand how a person should act, whether confronted by death or not. And it's a shame that's what it takes to scare someone into becoming a conducive, meritable human being. — Kevin Lankes

Silence is one of the best ways to immediately reduce stress, while increasing your self-awareness and gaining the clarity that will allow you to maintain your focus on your goals, priorities, and what's most important for your life, each and every day. — Hal Elrod

Living with clear intention goes against the powerful natural tendency to be reactive because it requires you to organize your life around your priorities and consciously choose those activities that align with your goals and vision. — Brian P. Moran

Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them. — Stephen Covey

Never allow the ill-thoughts of people stop you from pursuing your goals and dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every day, do something that is truly important in moving you toward your goals. You must choose to invest your time in the important steps. When you take charge of your time, you take charge of your life. How you spend your time reflects your priorities. — Stedman Graham

A goal is a written plan.
Write your dreams and visions. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Happiness isn't found in some finite checklist of goals that we can diligently complete and then coast. It's how we live our lives in the process. That's why the four pillars of happiness are faith, family, community and meaningful work. Those are priorities we have to keep investing in. — Arthur C. Brooks

The weird thing is that the more efficient, on task, on goal you are with your time, the more energy you have. Working with no traction, or for that matter simply wasting a day, does not relax you, it drains you.//
Strange as it may seem, when you work a daily plan in pursuit of your written goals that flow from your mission statement born of your vision for living your dreams, you are energized after a tough long day. — Dave Ramsey

War had rearranged my priorities. I now clung to memories more than goals or material things. But there were a few irreplaceable items that buoyed my spirit and fight for life. It was at that moment that I realized. Something was missing from my suitcase. — Ruta Sepetys

The vital difference between dreamers and achievers boils down to some very basic, simple habits. People with clear, *written-out* goals who consistently honor their defined priorities tend to get results faster than others, and enjoy a greater level of happiness and long-term success in all areas of life. Yet most of us have never been formally taught a system of goal-setting and mastery that can be applied to health and fitness. — Chalene Johnson

I would surmise that we must cherish the resources that God has given us to achieve a goal more than we cherish the goal itself. For if we fall victim to the pursuit of the goal alone, then the goal has suddenly become our god. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Go to bed smarter than when you woke up. — Charles T. Munger

The suffering was shaping her perception about life, her values, priorities, goals and dreams. — A.A. Gupte

Do not postpone what's important to you simply because others don't share your priorities — Hemal Jhaveri

There is a big difference between being centered and being self-centered — Lolly Daskal

The house was literally perfect now. Instead of being thrilling, that suddenly seemed depressing. — Liane Moriarty

It is never wise to run any race but your own. — Tim Fargo

How you handle or mishandle your money tells us who you are and, more important, it tells YOU who you are. Your priorities, passions, goals, and fears are shown clearly in the flow of your money. Your value system, or lack of one causes money to flow around you, passed you, or to you. When money is in your possession, what you do with it screams loudly who you are. — Dave Ramsey

Try to turn as many soft, aspirational goals as possible into success criteria, and make them specific enough that you can actually tell whether or not you've met them. — Erin Kissane

When you set a goal, you have a responsibility to yourself to see it through. No matter how impossible it may seem, resolve to accomplish it. — Jaha Knight

You experience true happiness when the things you desire rise up to the level of the things you deserve. — Robert J. Braathe

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20. — Warren Buffett

A lot of people desire to go to their next level but only a few are determined to grow to their next level — Saji Ijiyemi

Have faith in your abilities and stay committed to your goals. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Stay focused! Know where you are heading towards in life with your life! People going somewhere don't just go anywhere! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Focus on making yourself better, not thinking you are better. — Bohdi Sanders

Some people exert more energy on less important things; some people exert less energy on less important things. — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Your priorities, passions, goals, and fears are shown clearly in the flow of your money. — Dave Ramsey

Because the culture we breathe and work in rushes against rest. It equates our worth with production and wealth and fame. The more we work toward those goals, the more society assigns us worth. — Mary E. DeMuth

We need to know where we are going and how we plan to get there. Our dreams and aspirations must be translated into real and tangible goals with priorities and time frames. — Merlin Olsen

Define your life,
Define your world,
Define your passions,
Define your goals. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A little at a time until less becomes more and more becomes less on the other side. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

The dreams that were buried the deepest were the hardest to get rid of. — Michelle M. Pillow

Selling more of what you sell has nothing to do with what you sell. It has everything to do with your prospect's wants, needs, fears, goals, values and priorities. — Don Cooper