The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
— Michelangelo
Whopping Inspirational Goal Setting quotations
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

Set your goals high enough to inspire you and low enough to encourage you.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere

I've always believed that I could do whatever I set my mind to do.
Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Don't set your goals too low. If you don't need much, you won't become much.

Let me start with issuing you a challenge: Be better than you are.
Set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.
Direction, not intention determines your destination.
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.

Set daily, monthly and long term goals and dreams.
Don't ever be afraid to dream too big. Nothing is impossible. If you believe in yourself, you can achieve it.
Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.
With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about.

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.
Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.

If you don’t take the time to get really clear about exactly what it is you’re trying to accomplish, then you’re forever doomed to spend your life achieving the goals of those who do.
I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself.
I see all that motivational stuff on television. Think about the future, what's next! But I'm all into the journey. It's fascinating to me. So if I make certain what I want moment to moment, I'm cool at the crossroads.
A winner is someone who sets their goals, commits themselves to those goals and then pursues their goals with all the ability that is given to them. That requires someone who beleives in themselves, who will make self sacrifices, work hard, and maintain the determination to perform at the best of their ability.

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.
The dreams I chased took me on a journey,a journey more rewarding than the goals
I had no idea, but I realized that probably thirty to forty percent of my brainpower was taken up with the questions that I couldn't answer- because I had no direction. When I got clear on exactly where I wanted to go, and set the goals to get there, my mind calmed down.

There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change

By thinking about your goals every morning, many times during the day, and every night, you begin moving toward it, and bringing it toward you.
Big goals get big results. No goals gets no results or somebody else's results.
Young people need to be inspired, told they can achieve anything they set their minds to.

We can become the masters of our own destinies by practicing self-discipline and by setting worthy goals that will lead to higher ground so that we can become what our heavenly father wants us to become.
You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.
Map out your future, but do it in pencil.
Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets.
You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.