Quotes About Goals, Habits, and Behavior

Crush your goals and achieve greatness with these inspirational quotes.

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”

— Larry Elder

“Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.”

— Mark Twain

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“You can’t do it all yourself. Don’t be afraid to rely on others to help you accomplish your goals.”

— Oprah Winfrey

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” 

— C.S. Lewis

 

“You will never leave where you are. until you decide where you’d rather be.”

— Dexter Yager

“The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.”

— John Wooden

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

— Jim Rohn

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.”

— Somerset Maugham

“The big secret in life is that there is no secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.”

— Oprah Winfrey

 

“A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them.”

— Frank A. Clark

“People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.”

— Brian Tracy

“Habit is second nature, or rather, ten times nature.”

— William James

“There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.”

— George Shinn

“A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.”

— Harvey Mackay

“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.”

— Bo Bennett

 

“This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.”

— Scott Reed

“Bad habits are like a comfortable bed - easy to get into, but hard to get out of.”

— Unknown

“Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.”

— Dale Carnegie

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

— Aristotle

“You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.”

— Charles C. Noble

“First we form habits; then they form us. Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you.”

— Robert Gilbert

 

“Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.”

— Ralph Marston

“A goal properly set is halfway reached.”

— Zig Ziglar

“If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.”

— Brian Tracy

“If a goal is worth having, it’s worth blocking out the time in your day-to-day life necessary to achieve it.”

— Jill Koenig

“People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.”

— Earl Nightingale

“You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.”

— Les Brown

 

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”

— Tony Robbins

“Give your goals all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.”

— William James

“A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.” 

— Erasmus

“And once you understand that habits can change, you have the freedom and the responsibility to remake them.”

— Charles Duhigg

“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.”

— Mike Murdock

“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.”

— Brian Tracy

 

“If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.”

— Unknown

“When I feel tired, I just think about how great I will feel once I finally reach my goal.”

— Michael Phelps

“Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.”

— Dwayne Johnson

 

“Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.”

— Amelia Earhart 

“If you don’t separate yourself from your distractions, your distractions will separate you from your goals and the life you want.”

— Unknown