61 Inspiring Goal Achievement Quotes

In the pursuit of our dreams, a dose of inspiration can make all the difference. Whether you're working towards a personal milestone or a professional goal, keeping your motivation levels high is crucial. That's why we've curated a collection of 61 inspiring goal achievement quotes to help you stay focused and driven. These nuggets of wisdom from achievers, thinkers, and leaders across history serve as powerful reminders of what you can accomplish with determination and perseverance. Dive in and let these quotes fuel your journey to success.

1. “Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.” - David Lloyd George

2. “The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions. And even a cursory glance at the history of the biological sciences during the last quarter of a century is sufficient to justify the assertion, that the most potent instrument for the extension of the realm of natural knowledge which has come into men's hands, since the publication of Newton's ‘Principia’, is Darwin's ‘Origin of Species.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

3. “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” - Rabindranath Tagore

4. “For where thy treasure is, there also will thy heart be.” - Anonymous

5. “The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.” - William Faulkner

6. “Die ersten Schritte sind wertlos, wenn der Weg nicht zu Ende gegangen wird.” - Shankara

7. “The truly terrible thing about this life, was not knowing what you want, but only able to recognize what you do not want. You have to spend so much time and energy trying to find it out, time that other people spent in pursuing of their desires.” - Whitney Otto

8. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” - Larry Elder

9. “You have to let go of who you were to allow yourself to become who you are.” - Stacy London

10. “I have the mind to do so many fields, careers, jobs, and hobbies; but I have the heart to do few fields of work, careers, jobs, and hobbies” - Temitope Owosela

11. “Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.” - Epictetus

12. “When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you reach in both directions, you will have spanned the universe.” - Vera Nazarian

13. “Jesus was saying that you can't have a larger life with restricted attitudes.” - Joel Osteen

14. “It’s a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal.” - Steve Maraboli

15. “I like to believe that you don't need to reach a certain goal to be happy. I prefer to think that happiness is always there, and that when things don't go the way we might like them to, it's a sign from above that something even better is right around the corner.” - David Archuleta

16. “If you have a goal, write it down. If you do not write it down, you do not have a goal - you have a wish.” - Steve Maraboli

17. “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.” - Napoleon Hill

18. “The sacred formula of positivism: love as a principle, the order as a foundation, and progress as a goal.” - Auguste Comte

19. “Goals are dreams with deadlines.” - Diana Scharf

20. “Keep moving. Have a goal, One day you will arrive at a place that is better than the place where you were, even if it is only in your head.” - Linda Bloodworth Thomason

21. “Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others.” - Jack Weatherford

22. “The great majority of people are “wandering generalities” rather than “meaningful specifics”. The fact is that you can't bit a target that you can't see. If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals.” - Zig Ziglar

23. “The problem for a lot of people is that they don't really know what they want. They have vague desire: to 'do something creative' or to earn more money or 'to be free', but they can't really pin down what it is precisely that they want. So they drift from one thing to another, enjoying some moments and hating others, but never really finding fulfillment or success. (..)This is why it's hard to lead a successful life (whatever that means to you) when you don't know what you want.” - John C. Parkin

24. “While you are so busy trying to make yourself humble,many are persistently and quietly promoting themselves.” - Toba Beta

25. “Common aim is stronger than blood.” - G.I. Gurdjieff

26. “When I was your age I knew nothing about the world or my place in it. I figured I'd be someone's wife, then someone's mother. It never occurred to me to be someone myself.” - Wendy Mass

27. “I’m encouraging young people to become social business entrepreneurs and contribute to the world, rather than just making money. Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun.” - Muhammad Yunus

28. “Whenever you touch a poem that caresses your soul, breathe it gently for it might be the wind that perfects your life's goal.” - A. Saleh

29. “CHAPTER VIConcerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One's Own Arms And AbilityLET no one be surprised if, in speaking of entirely new principalities as I shall do, I adduce the highest examples both of prince and of state; because men, walking almost always in paths beaten by others, and following by imitation their deeds, are yet unable to keep entirely to the ways of others or attain to the power of those they imitate. A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savour of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach.” - Nicolo Machiavelli

30. “Who says you cannot hold the moon in your hand?Tonight when the stars come out and the moon rises in the velvet sky, look outside your window, then raise your hand and position your fingers around the disk of light.There you go . . . That was easy!” - Vera Nazarian

31. “when you have something to do life will not allow you to move foward until you do it.” - Iyanla Vanzant

32. “Owning a book is a third of the goal. The others are actually reading it and applying it.” - Israel Wayne

33. “All I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.” - Louis Zamperini

34. “We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination” - Paulo Coelho

35. “Today you will have countless opportunities to take action towards any dream or goal you've ever had. No matter how long you’ve waited, it’s never too late. Let today be the day you give life to your dreams and goals. Don't throw away another day!” - Steve Maraboli

36. “A tenacious grip on our own ideals, irrespective of hurdles, would propel us towards self-actualization!” - Deeba Salim Irfan

37. “If you are not working towards something, your life will end with nothing.” - Habeeb Akande

38. “I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.” - Bette Davis

39. “The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness.” - Katerina Stoykova Klemer

40. “With your goal you make the one.” - Dejan Stojanovic

41. “The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream.” - Orrin Woodward

42. “Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires. By promising man eternal life, it deprived him of temporal life, by teaching him to trust in God’s help it took away his trust in his own powers; by giving him faith in a better life in heaven, it destroyed his faith in a better life on earth and his striving to attain such a life. Christianity gave man what his imagination desires, but for that very reason failed to give him what he really and truly desires.” - Ludwig Feuerbach

43. “When we want something, we have to have a clear purpose in mind for the thing that we want. The only reason for seeking a reward is to know what to do with that reward” - Paulo Coelho

44. “Excuses are a time thief. Have a goal, accept responsibility, and take action!” - Steve Maraboli

45. “Ed?" Ritchie says later. We're still standing in the water. "There's only one thing I want.""What's that, Ritchie?"His answer is simple."To want.” - Markus Zusak

46. “Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don't want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don't want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference.” - James Michener

47. “To ask, 'How do you do it?' is already starting off on the wrong foot. When reaching for the stars, there does not have to be a 'how' if there is a big enough 'why'.” - Criss Jami

48. “The pursuit of truth is not important. The pursuit of that truth is important which helps you in reaching your goal that is provided you have one.” - Ayn Rand

49. “Nothing can stop you from achieving your goal-all true success depends on you- The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen” - Frank Loyd Wright

50. “I BELIEVE EVERYONE IS SPECIAL . . . BUT SOME PEOPLE THINK . . . . IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING NO-ONE IS” - ASHISH RANJAN

51. “People have their purposes and reasons, I just wish I found mine.” - Anthony Liccione

52. “You have to set the time frame for accomplishing your goal. If you don’t, it may take forever to reach your destination and you may get tired and change your focus. Consequently, to help you obtain and keep the sense of urgency that will help you stay focused, you have to set a deadline by which the goal has to be achieved.” - Anna Stevens

53. “I recommend that you focus on both substance and process of your goals. I believe that both are equally important: by setting a high-quality SMART goal you will enable yourself to be conscious and your actions will carry more meaning; meanwhile, it is the execution of the SMART goals strategy that separates achievers from the rest of the people.” - Anna Stevens

54. “If you can’t believe then you can’t achieve and belief is intrinsic to every human; so what are you waiting for? Go ahead and get what you believe to achieve.” - Mumtaz Kazmi

55. “A dream business that doesn't make money is a living nightmare.” - Habeeb Akande

56. “Have a clear goal and plan. Waste no effort in your journey. Be strong, committed, and effective and you will experience a level of success few will ever know.” - Steve Maraboli

57. “What are you waiting for? How long will you keep waiting? Don’t sit back and wait for life to happen to you. Have a plan and take the needed steps to create what you want.” - Steve Maraboli

58. “The individual cannot exist outside of the many spheres of the deeply interconnected webs of life” - Bryant McGill

59. “Powerful words come with powerful intent. Where you have passion, strength, courage, and determination you can accomplish anything!” - K.L. Toth

60. “Dream: Defying Reality Expecting A Miracle! Dare to dream!” - Evinda Lepins

61. “You get caught in being something, being cool or special or whatever, to the point where you don’t even know why you need it; you just think you do” - John Green