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