To achieve big goals requires that we learn from those who have. We all need a boost through daily reinforcement and mindset immersion, especially when the going gets tough. To help with that, we’re sharing some of our favorite goals quotes to help inspire and motivate us all.

Today, thanks to the internet, we get to witness people all over the world succeeding in building their dreams. We have ready access to learn from them and from each other, and in so doing, elevate ourselves, those around us and those who have inspired us as well.

Are You Driven, or Unmotivated?

“Goals never stop calling you.”
~Brandy Swartz, artist, entrepreneur

IF YOU FEEL DRIVEN, this is why. It’s how we’re wired.

If you don’t… if you feel unmotivated, you just haven’t yet found your mojo. How to find it? Begin with that which you enjoy… with goals that you’ve put off. One step at a time, one day at a time, progress is empowering, energizing and intoxicating.

Procrastination deprives you of becoming more of your future self… more of who you’re meant to be. Stop procrastinating and just start. With each step and each effort, you will gain momentum and that’s where the magic lives… that alchemy of effort and potential brings your dreams to life. YOU… bring them to LIFE.

Bring it and you will become it!

If you have your own goals quotes—by you or others—feel free to send them for inclusion in this list. We periodically add more as we come across them.

Inspiring quotes are like healthy snacks for the mind, and best consumed frequently, first and foremost.

“Fill up on the good and you won’t have room for the bad.”
~LeAura Alderson, creator iCreateDaily.com®

Goals Quotes

Action and Goals Quotes

Goals quotes related to taking action, starting and getting things done… “The day is the way.”™

“Bring it and you will become it!”
~LeAura Alderson, CreateDaily.com®

“Will you create a future? Or will you be defined by the past? Will you let the days go by in distraction? Or will you squeeze all the juice you can out of today?” 
~Benjamin Hardy, organizational psychologist, author, b.1989

“The way to get started is to stop talking and start doing.“
~Walt Disney, entrepreneur, animator, creator, 1901-1966

Ambition and Goals Quotes

“Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops and neither should your dreams.”
~Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, actor, entertainer, & entrepreneur, b.5/2/1972

Attitude and Goals

“Your complaints, your drama, your victim mentality, your whining, have NEVER gotten you even a single step closer to your goals or dreams.  Let go of your nonsense.  Let go of the delusion that you deserve better and go earn it.”
~Steve Maraboli, speaker, author, & behavioral scientist, b.4/18/1975

Awareness and Goals

“If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.”
~Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, 4 BCE-65 AD

Belief and Goals Quotes

“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.”
~Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, poet, playwright, sculptor, ceramicist, 1881-1973

Challenges and Goals

You’re not meant to do what’s easy. You’re meant to challenge yourself.
~Justin Timberlake, singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, b.1/31/1981

Change and Goals Quotes

“If we don’t change the direction we’re going, we’re likely to end up where we are headed.”
~Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher & writer, c.6-4 BC

Choice and Goals Quotes

“You’re standing in a room with a thousand doors, your jobs is to choose one and ignore the 999 other doors, and walk through that.”
~Tom Bilyeu, cofounder Quest Nutrition & Impact Theory, b.3/30/1976

Confidence

Goals quotes related to confidence to help bolster yours.

“Confidence is crucial, but like happiness, confidence is a byproduct. It comes from making progress, even small progress, toward goals above your current self.”
~Benjamin Hardy, organizational psychologist, author, b.1989

“Self confidence grows every time you keep a promise to yourself.”
~Asha Dornfest, writer, author, blogger

“Personal confidence comes from making progress toward goals that are far bigger than your present capabilities.”
~Dan Sullivan, visionary, founder-Strategic Coach, author

Determination and Dedication Goals Quotes

Goals quotes to remind us that with dedication and devotion to our goals, we will achieve them.

“The union of your determination and dedication create the offspring of your success.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com®

“Devotion takes your work beyond avocation to vocation. Become devoted to achieving your goals… and you will!“
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com®

“If you have goals then you can grow up and be more than you were.”
~Karolina Protsenko, artist, singter, violinist, age 10

SOURCE: Karolina’s YouTube

Discipline and Goals Quotes

“The center of bringing any dream to fruition is self-discipline.”
~Will Smith, actor, entertainer, & entrepreneur, b.8/25/1968

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
~Steven Pressfield, author of historical fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, b.9/1943

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
~Jim Rohn, Entrepreneur & Author

I love the challenge of starting at zero every day and seeing how much I can accomplish.
~Martha Stewart, magnate, author, TV personality,

Dreams and Goals Quotes

“If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.”
~Dr. Roopleen, motivational writer, author, eye surgeon, life enthusiast

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.:
~Elon Musk, technology entrepreneur, investor, engineer

Effort and Goals Quotes

“The level of effort you tolerate from yourself will define your life.”
~Tom Bilyeu, cofounder Quest Nutrition & Impact Theory

“Growth ever follows discomfort for it requires effort, and effort by definition is not easy.”
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com®

Focus and Goals Quotes

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”
~Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, director, philosopher, 1940-1973

Goal Setting

“Daily goals become habits and habits become effortless.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®

“Achievable goals are the first step to self-improvement.”
~JK Rowlings, Harry Potter series author, b.7/31/1965

A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot.
~Joe Vitale, spiritual teacher, author, b.12/29/1953

“You want a good life? You want a good day? Then be striving like crazy toward something beyond your current reach.”
~Benjamin Hardy, organizational psychologist, author, b.1989

“You can be sure that if you do not set goals, you will not achieve them.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder iCreateDaily.com®

Anchor your goals daily:

Think it
Ink it
Say it
Do it

Success arrives on
the heels of daily diligence.

~LeAura Alderson, cofounder iCreateDaily.com®

Gratitude and Goals Quotes

“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.
If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more?”
~ Roy T. Bennett, author, The Light in the Heart

Growth and Goal Quotes

“Every moment of one’s existence, one is growing into more or retreating into less.
~Norman Mailer, novelist, journalist, playwright, film-maker, actor, 1923-2007

“The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.”
~ Jim Rohn, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, 1930-2009

Habits and Goals

“Your habits are created from your decisions. They can be tailor-made to bring your dreams to life.“
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com®

“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.”
~Yogi Berra, American pro baseball catcher, manager, coach, author, 1925-2015

“Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.”
~Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist, novelist, b.8/24/1947

“What keeps me going is goals.”
~Muhammad Ali, pro boxer, author, 1942-2016

“A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal that is worth achieving.”
~Ayn Rand, Russian-American author, philosopher, 1905-1982

“It’s not about getting out of your comfort zone to reach your goal. It’s about widening your comfort zone so far that your goal fits comfortably inside. Once you do that, hitting your goals will be like hitting 3s for Steph Curry.”
~Richie Norton, author, influencer, entrepreneur

Happiness and Goals Quotes

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
~Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist, author, 1879-1955

“Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived.“
~Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady, diplomat, author, 1884-1962

Health and Goals Quotes

“Thoughts are nourishment for the mind. Choose healthy fuel.“
~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com®

Food fuels the body.
Feeling fuels the emotions.
Thought fuels the mind.
Inspiration fuels the soul.
Creativity fuels vision.

Choose healthy fuel.
What you choose is what you get. 

Make it conscious.
Make it worthy of your aspirations.

~LeAura Alderson, writer, editor, creator iCreateDaily.com®
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Humanity

“Under construction. Please pardon the mess.”
~Humanity

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Morning Routine Quotes

“The best morning routine is ultimately going to be the one that leads you closer to your goals.”
Ryan Daniel Moran, entrepreneur, author, host-Capitalism.com

Passion and Goals Quotes

“You may not know what your passion is yet, but you have to keep asking. It’s okay if you don’t know. It’s not okay if you’re not looking.”
~Jeff Hoffman, billionaire entrepreneur, speaker, humanitarian, b.1961

Perseverance and Persistence

“You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain.”
~Tom Hiddleston, English actor, film producer, musician, b.2/9/1981

Personal Development and Growth Quotes

Just achieving goals will never make you happy in the long term. It’s ultimately about who you become – as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals.
~Tony Robbins, coach, author, philanthropist, b.2/29/1960

Know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.”
~Nora Roberts, author of over 225 novels

“Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.”
~Flannery O’Connor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, 1925-1964

Planning and Goals Quotes

“A good plan now is better than a great plan later.”
~John Lee Dumas, podcaster, author

Progress

“Personal confidence comes from making progress toward goals that are far bigger than your present capabilities.”
~Dan Sullivan, visionary, founder-Strategic Coach, author

“Something about writing forces you to get clarity, and clarity accelerates your progress toward your goals.”
~Michael Hyatt, author, speaker, coach, former publisher CEO, b.1955

Struggle and Goals

Goals Quotes about struggle, because there will always be challenges.

“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.”
~Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, author, 1905-1997

“I think goals should never be easy. They should force you to work, even if it’s uncomfortable at the time.”
~Michael Phelps, American swimmer & Olympic athlete, author, b.7/12/1985

Success and Goals Quotes

“Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.”
~Marie Forleo, entrepreneur, Host of Marie TV, & author, b.12/7/1975

Visualization and Your Future

“The only way to make your present better is by making your future bigger.”
~Dan Sullivan, visionary, consultant, founder-Strategic Coach, author

“Visualization has taken its place as one of the key components of what goes into turning a skilled athlete into a champion.”
~Terry Orlick, PhD, sports psychologist, author-In Pursuit of Excellence. b.5/21/1945

Visioning tools and goals mapping are essential tools of the trade for manifesting your dreams.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com® 

“People who are scared to communicate about their ambitions are cheating themselves and the world from supporting them.”
~Brendon Burchard, entrepreneur, author, high-performance coach

“Do you wait for things to happen, or do you make them happen yourself? I believe in writing your own story.”
~Charlotte Eriksson, songwriter, author, dreamer, wanderer

A dream is a seed.
Vision plants it.
Imagination nurtures growth.
Opportunities create blooms.
Thoughts become things!
~Donna McGoff, author, game-creator

PASSAGE – ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Cat: Where are you going?
Alice: Which way should I go?
Cat: That depends on where you are going.
Alice: I don’t know.
Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.
~Lewis Carroll, author-Alice in Wonderland, 1832-1898

Winners and Goals

“Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.”
~Dennis DeYoung, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer

“Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.”
~Muhammad Ali, American professional boxer, activist, philanthropist

“No path to greatness has ever involved settling for less than what you really want.”
~Lewis Howes, School of Greatness, entrepreneur, author, podcaster

“When you commit yourself to live an extraordinary life, the universe accepts your deal and silently goes to work challenging you so that you’re always prepared for bigger challenges and greater rewards.”
~Mike Dillard, entrepreneur, podcaster

“Once you know specifically what you’re aiming for, you’ll find that you can muster up enthusiasm for your goal more easily.” 
~AJ Winters, author

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.
~Earl Nightingale, entrepreneur, philosopher, author, 1921-1989

Grateful people achieve more and are more goal oriented. People who practice being grateful are more generous and do more paying it forward. 
~Lainey Garretson, Professional musician, singer, philanthropist, book author

I believe the last thing I read at night will likely manifest when I’m sleeping. You become what you think about the most.
~Daymond John, businessman, investor, TV personality, author, speaker, born 2/23/1969

“You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.”
~Booker T. Washington, educator, author, orator, advisor to US presidents, 1856-1915

This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook — try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless and above all have fun!
~Julia Child, American chef, author, television personality, 1912-2004

“The further you are from your ambitions, the more miserable you are, and most people don’t even look at their goals everyday. Personal development 101 is to have goals and look at them daily.”
~Brendon Burchard, entrepreneur, author, high-performance coach

“It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb. Continue to seek new goals.”
~Pat Summitt, American women’s college basketball head

“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.”
~W. Clement Stone, businessman, author, philanthropist, 1902-2002

You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.
~Tina Fey, actress, comedian, writer, producer, playwright, born 5/18/1970

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
~Robert F. Kennedy, American politician, lawyer

The power of focus is the one thing above all else that will help you achieve your goals.
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.
~Augustine “Og” Mandino, author

Every great human victory is a story of perseverance.
~Brendon Burchard, entrepreneur, author, b.2/28/77

“Getting goals done is empowering and energizing. The effect is that the more we do the more we’re able to do.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com® 

“Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled.”
Neville Goddard, author 1905-1972

“Focus on becoming productive instead of being busy.”
~Tim Ferriss, entrepreneur, author, podcaster, b.7/20/1977

“Clear goals increase persistence and self­ efficacy, making individuals less susceptible to the undermining effects of anxiety, disappointment, and frustration.”
~D.H. Schunk, 1990, Educational Psychologist, author,

“Setting goals in life and working them daily, is the only way to live the life you want to live.”
~LeAura Alderson, cofounder-iCreateDaily.com®

“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.”
~Sydney J. Harris, American author, journalist, 1917-1986

“When you crave the end result, the hard work becomes irrelevant.”
~Tim Grover, author, CEO of ATTACK Athletics, Inc

“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.”
~Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American steel magnate & philanthropist, author, 1835-1919

It’s better to be at the bottom of the ladder you want to climb than at the top of the one you don’t.
~Stephen Kellogg, American singer-songwriter

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.
~Earl Nightingale, entrepreneur, philosopher, author, 1921-1989

“Your hustle needs to match your goals.”
~Gary Vaynerchuk, entrepreneur, author, b.11/14/1975

“Daily focus through perpetual and consistent effort keeps that needle threaded. Stitching together the pieces is the only way to achieve your goals.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®

“Set your goals high, and don’t stop ’till you get there.”
~Bo Jackson, American former baseball and football Allstar

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
~Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, 1813-1855

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
~Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, 1883-1970

“We should always do more and expand beyond our comfort zone to truly discover who we are.”
~Joshua Robertson, Fantasy fiction author, entrepreneur, LMSW

“The great thing about my goals is that I can die trying and die happy because everyday I did something toward my goal/s.”
~Shannon Billings, Shannon’s Sweet Tooth Farm

“You’re building the pathway from where you are to where you want to go. Daily, does it.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®

“Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started.”
~Austin Kleon, artist, author, & entrepreneur

“What makes a winner is a winning mindset fortified by winning habits and relentless focus on goals.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®

And… a few more goals quotes to help inspire your goal setting.

“It’s better to be at the bottom of the ladder you want to climb than at the top of the one you don’t.”
~Stephen Kellogg, American singer-songwriter, author, b.11/28/1976

The more valid reasons you have to accomplish a dream, the higher the odds are that you will.
~John Maxwell, author, speaker, pastor, born 2/20/1947

You can’t leave your personal development to randomness. Most people leave their personal development to randomness and so they’re always in the land of mediocrity.
~Brendon Burchard, entrepreneur, author, high-performance coach, b.2/18/1977

“Setting goals and working toward them with daily diligence is a success habit that will see you to where you want to go.”
~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com®

“If you really want to be transformed, you have to live an intentional life.”
~John Maxwell, author, speaker, pastor, born 2/20/1947

“Goals never stop calling you.”
~Brandy Swartz, artist, entrepreneur

Give yourself permission to have the ambitions you have. Most people are half hearted, half interested or half engaged in their actual dream and ambition. Learn to own your ambition, speak of the ambition, chase the ambition, drive the ambition, and lead the ambition.

“Make it ’til you make it.”
~Chase Jarvis, photographer

“So have dreams, but have goals. Life goals, monthly goals, yearly goals, daily goals, and understand that to achieve these goals, you must apply discipline and consistency.”
~Denzel Washington, award winning actor, director, producer, b.12/28/1954

“The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.”
~Jim Rohn, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, 1930-2009

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