People’s behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.
Without some goal and some effort to reach it, no man can live.[Без какой-нибудь цели и стремления к ней не живет ни один жив человек.]
What is your aim in philosophy? – To shew the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.[Was ist dein Ziel in der Philosophie? — Der Fliege den Ausweg aus dem Fliegenglas zeigen.]
No easy hope or lies shall bring us to our goal, but iron sacrifice of body, will, and soul.
I regret many follies which sprang from my obstinacy; but without that trait I would not have reached my goal.[Ich bereue viele Dummheiten, die aus meinem Eigensinn entstanden sind, aber wenn ich ihn nicht gehabt hätte, wäre ich nicht zu meinem Ziel gekommen.]
First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.
Your current conditions do not reflect your ultimate potential, but rather the size and quality of goals upon which you currently are focusing.
Whenever you have a goal, whether you want to be a doctor or a singer, people will find a way to bring you down. I always tell people that if you have something you’re really passionate about, don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it.
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Very early I knew that the only object in life was to grow.
The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
