“So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I've been very lucky. I have great faith that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me.” TryingYearsStillsI CanHappensGoalDealsRecordsLuckyMy FriendsSupposed To BeWhatever HappensGreat Faith Author:Jane Siberry
“My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen.” FactsHappensWinningSportsGoalTeamNew YorkFameGiantsHallsChampionshipRetiredJerseyLifelongHall Of FameResigned Author:Michael Strahan
“Hang onto that goal and you do what you have to do to make it happen.” HappensGoalMmaMake It Happen Author:Cat Zingano
“Just work. Don't wait. Everybody's waiting until they have the perfect idea to start working. Even if you have an inkling of what you want to do, start moving towards it. And it's going to flesh itself out through the process of moving towards the goal. And by the time you get to where you're going to be, it's not going to look anything like it did when you sat on the couch thinking about it. And if you wait until it's perfect in your head before you get of the couch and start working on it, that's never going to happen.” IfsThinkingWantLooksIdeasHappensMovingWaitingProcessGoalPerfectWhat You WantFleshSatCouches Author:Brandon Stanton
“Success in any endeavor does not happen by accident. Rather, it’s the result of deliberate decisions, conscious effort, and immense persistence...all directed at specific goals.” DoeHappensGoalDecisionResultsEffortConsciousAccidentsPersistenceEndeavorImmenseDeliberateSpecific Goals Author:Gary Ryan
“You like to live life without regret but that’s what the good Lord intended for me – that’s just the way it was. My goal was to make it in the NFL, I played with a lot of great players in college who went on to have illustrious, incredible careers and in the end it just didn’t happen for me. I failed at that.” WayEndsHappensGoalLordCareersPlayerCollegeRegretIncrediblesLive LifeNfl Author:Dwayne Johnson
“We're just a fragile team right now. It seems like when we have a little bit of adversity, when something goes wrong, you can feel it on the bench, it kind of sinks. Unless we get a goal or something really positive happens, it's tough. I think falling out of the playoff race takes the wind out of your sails for sure.” ThinkingFeelsKindLittlesSeemsHappensFallBitsGoalRaceTeamWindRight NowLittle BitToughAdversityFragileSailBenchesPlayoffsReally Positive Author:Wes Walz
“You can solo-climb Everest without using oxygen or you can pay guides and Sherpas to carry your loads, put ladders across crevasses, lay in 6,000 feet of fixed ropes, and have one Sherpa pulling you and another pushing you. ... The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process.” IfsShouldBigsHappensSpiritualProcessGoalGrowthPayFeetDangerousMountainLaysPersonal GrowthGuidesCompromiseFixedClimbsPushingClimbingLoadPullingSoloOxygenRopeLaddersEverestSherpas Author:Yvon Chouinard
“Normally, what happens when we have a national leader who wants to do something in terms of military intervention, he tells the Pentagon, put together some options to accomplish goal.” WantHappensTogetherGoalTermLeaderMilitaryAccomplishInterventionPentagonMilitary Intervention Author:Jack Keane
“remember to recognize the small successes that you will have. Don't let the brightness of that big goal blind you to what happens on the way toward the goal. Meet one wave at a time and enjoy what progress you make. I want you please not to be taken up in the undertow of pessimism.” WayWantBigsHappensRememberSuccessEnjoyGoalTakenProgressPleaseBlindWavePessimismI Want YouBrightnessUndertowSmall Successes Author:Lucille Ball
“In terms of professionally what I want to do, I want to play 15-plus more years, get to the Hall of Fame, and win a lot of championships and all that. I'd love to be the owner of a team one day. But it's way bigger than that. For me, my vision is how can I affect somebody positively every day? When you focus on other people, somehow good things happen to you. I think that's my goal. That's my vision.” PeopleThinkingWayWantYearsPlayHappensWinningGoalTermVisionFocusTeamOne DayFameBiggerGood ThingsThings HappenNflOwnersPlusHallsChampionshipPositivelySuper BowlHall Of Fame Author:Russell Wilson
“It is easy to imagine that the Buddha, the awakened one, is something or somewhere other than here or that awakening to reality will happen sometime other than now. But as long as we continue to think in terms of time we will deceive ourselves. The you who is chasing enlightenment will never become enlightened. Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach, I invite you to stop and ask: How am I avoiding the enlightenment that is already present in each moment? How am I seeing separation where it doesn't exist?” ThinkingLongMomentsRealityHappensTimeAsksEasyGoalTermImagineSeeingEnlightenmentStriveAwakeningSeparationEnlightenedInvitesImagine ThatDeceivingAvoidingChasingAwakened Author:Adyashanti
“There is a major disaster when a person allows some success to become a stopping place rather than a way station on to a larger goal. It often happens that an early success is a greater moral hazard than an early failure.” WayPersonsHappensSuccessGoalMoralChristianityGreaterMajorsDisasterStationsStoppingHazardsMoral Hazard Author:Bill Vaughan