“It seems to me a worthy goal: try to create a representation of consciousness that's durable and truthful, i.e., that accounts, somewhat, for all the strange, tiny, hard-to-articulate, instantaneous, unwilled things that actually go on in our minds in the course of a given day, or even a given moment.” TryingMindHardMomentsSeemsCoursesGivenGoalConsciousnessStrangeGoes OnAccountsWorthyTinyTruthfulRepresentationInstantaneous Author:George Saunders
“Those of us who believe in free markets and those of us who believe that in fact the whole goal of investment is entrepreneurship and job creation, we find it pretty hard to justify rich people figuring out clever legal ways to loot a company, leaving behind 1,700 families without a job.” PeopleWayBelieveHardWholeFactsJobsGoalBehindsCompanyRichCreationRepublicanInvestmentLeavingCleverEntrepreneurshipJustifyFree MarketRich PeopleJob Creation Author:Newt Gingrich
“I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.” MadeStillsHardFeelingsMightGoalTermWalksMaterialsExcitedMade ItAuditionsShort TermShort Term Goals Author:Olivia Thirlby
“The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard.' The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishab le.” HardPlayGoalHard WorkDeep ThoughtPlay HardWork Hard Play Hard Author:Simon Sinek
“I love waking up every single day and going to fencing practice in the morning and just working hard and setting those big goals one after another, and achieving them, and wanting to do it again and again and again. There's no reason for me to stop.” HardReasonBigsGoalPracticeMorningAchieveWake UpSettingSettingsNo ReasonWakingAgain And AgainFencing Author:Mariel Zagunis
“I just try to make sure every day that I'm blessed to live on this earth that I seize that day. I'm 25 and, you know, I know with each passing second, I'm getting older. So, I might well seize every single one of those seconds and make sure I'm doing as much as I possibly can in the community to know we worked hard for this and to instill that into everybody around me is truly my goal.” KnowsTryingWellsHardMightEarthGoalCommunityBlessedPassingPassingsSecondsGetting OldGetting OlderInstill Author:Robert Griffin III
“The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling it freedom, but in the final analysis freedom is a purely negative goal. It just says something is bad. Hippies weren't really offering any alternatives other than colorful short-term ones, and some of these were looking more and more like pure degeneracy. Degeneracy can be fun but it's hard to keep up as a serious lifetime occupation.” MindHardWantedFunGoalTermSeriousCallingPureNegativeLifetimeFinalsAlternativesAnalysisOccupationOfferingShort TermHippieColorful Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“Tomorrow's leaders not only have dreams, goals and plans. They are willing to work hard and to take responsibility for turning their plans into energy, perspiration and effort. They don't sit back and wait for someone else to turn their dreams into action. They take charge of executing their own plan.” HardDreamActionTurnsEnergyWaitingGoalEffortResponsibilityLeaderPlansWillingHard WorkTomorrowTaking ResponsibilityExecutingPerspiration Author:Denis Waitley
“What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.” NeedsHardSuccessSportsGoalHard WorkPracticalsWillingnessRealisticRealistic GoalsLasting Change Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Swimming is my passion and something that I love. Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me. I go out there and train as hard as anybody else. I have the same dreams, the same goals. It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.” IfsFeelsLooksStillsDifferentMatterHardDreamPassionGoalWaterTrainSwimmingGoing OutMy Passion Author:Natalie du Toit
“Nothing is more inspiring than a person with seemingly mediocre talent rising against the odds to become a champion by way of hard work, effort, and perseverance toward their goals.” WayPersonsHardGoalEffortTalentHard WorkPerseveranceChampionRisingOddsMediocreWork EffortAgainst The Odds Book:Born to Win: Find Your Success Code Source: Born to Win: Find Your Success Code
“I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I approached everything step by step.” IfsHardEnoughGoalStepsAchieveReasonableManageable Author:Michael Jordan
“If you make sure that you always work as hard as you can, on and off the ice, you will achieve your goals. It might not be instantly, it might not be next week, but you will get to where you want to be.” IfsWantHardMightNextGoalWeekAchieveIceAnd OffNext WeekAchieving Your Goals Author:Phil Hill
“The second step to achieving your goals in the New Year involves action and this is where many people run off track. The life we are living and have known to this point is comfortable and easy. Therefore we find it hard to establish new habits and routines even if we know they will bring us a better life. Our old belief system drags us back into the familiar. It is hard to overcome and we often experience small setbacks. This is the time to go back and look at your goals. Read your goal statement repeatedly and remind yourself of what you want and why.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantYearsLooksHardRunningActionBeliefEasyGoalKnownStepsAchieveHabitComfortableOvercomingTrackWhat You WantStatementsFamiliarDragNew YearBetter LifeSetbackBelief SystemsAchieving Your GoalsNew Habits Author:Bob Proctor
“I used to think that my career was to be a police officer, and that is what I was put here to do. But I always kept the faith and always worked hard on my goals and I finally found out on Sept. 25, 1998, why I was put here - (God) called me here to be Mr. Olympia.” ThinkingHardUsedFoundGoalCareersPoliceOfficersPolice Officer Author:Ronnie Coleman
“If the goal is to realize the Supreme Being, you should become egoless. That requires self-effort. The sadhak should work hard. He should pray sincerely for the removal of the negative tendencies. This prayer is not to achieve anything or to fulfill any desires. It is to go beyond all achievements. It is to transcend all desires.” IfsShouldSelfHardDesireGoalRealizingPrayerEffortAchieveHard WorkPrayingAchievementNegativeExcellenceSupremeTendenciesSincerelyRemovalSupreme Being Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“If you hit somebody hard enough, they will give up. You can feel their body go limp and they'll just surrender. So every time I hit somebody, the goal is to knock myself out. I know that if I hit somebody hard enough that I can feel it, it's hurting them 10 times worse.” IfsKnowsGivingFeelsI CanHardEnoughBodyGoalHurtGiving UpSurrender Author:Bob Sanders
“I really rate Paul Scholes, because he hasn't got the high profile of many of the Manchester United players, he doesn't get too much attention, but he is one very good player. He is an intelligent player, he works hard and he scores some great goals. He is not flamboyant and is a quiet lad off the pitch but he is a tremendous asset to Manchester United and to England. He has already got my vote as player of the year.” YearsHardGoalUnitedAttentionToo MuchPlayerHard WorkQuietVoteEnglandIntelligentRateVery GoodScoreAssetsProfileManchesterLadManchester UnitedScholesFlamboyantHigh ProfilePaul Scholes Author:Tony Adams
“No matter what an individual decides to become, hard work and determination is very important in today's competitive world. You may also encounter hardships along the way, but you must not get discouraged and you push on in order to fulfill your goals.” WorldWayMayImportantMatterHardTodayOrderIndividualGoalHard WorkDeterminationNo Matter WhatEncountersHardshipDiscouragedHard Work And Determination Author:Tom Monaghan
“Sven-Göran Eriksson, confronted with arguably Europe's weakest qualifying group, has a problem; it is the same one that afflicted Jacques Santini, the France coach at the time, before Euro 2004. Not that there are no easy matches at international level; rather, there are no hard ones. In qualifying for the 2004 European Championship finals, France faced a group not of death, but of sun-block, comprising Slovenia, Israel, Cyprus and Malta, which they duly won by ten points, averaging 3.6 goals per game. We all know what happened next.” KnowsHardProblemNextGamesEasyGoalLevelsSunHappenedGroupsFootballTenEuropeFinalsInternationalIsraelCoachesBlockFranceSoccerRanAnalysisChampionshipEuroQualifyingCyprusMalta Author:Martin Samuel
“Sometimes when you hear so much and everybody is praising you, you can get lost in that. You can start thinking that you are on a higher pedestal than everyone else. So I try to stay level headed, humble and the best way to do that is to not really acknowledge it that much. I just keep grinding and working as hard as I can. I also set my goals higher so that I don't have time to be content with my place in life and in my career.” ThinkingWayTryingI CanSometimesHardLostGoalLevelsCareersHigherPraiseHumbleBest WayAcknowledgePedestalPlace In LifeLevel Headed Author:Kevin Hart
“I'm just blessed that I was able to have guys around me that had some of the same goals. The man above gave me a gift and he gave me friends and a mentor that can help me reach my goal and reach my potential. And we all had the same goal, so it wasn't hard for us to get, you know, off track because we all wanted the same thing.” KnowsMenHardHelpingAbleWantedGuyGoalHe ManBlessedTrackHelp MeMentor Author:LeBron James
“Patience is the capacity to endure all that is necessary in attaining a desired end. ... Patience never forsakes the ultimate goal because the road is hard. There can be no patience without an object.” EndsHardGoalObjectsCapacityUltimatePatienceEndureUltimate GoalForsakeNo Patience Author:Margaret Kennedy