Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
– Hannah More
Perseverance | Goals
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
– C.S. Lewis
Life | Goals
True friends face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.
– C.S. Lewis
Friendship | Goals
The unceasing activity of the Creator, whereby in overflowing bounty and goodwill, He upholds His creatures in ordered existence, guides and governs all events, circumstances, and free acts of angels and men, and directs everything to its appointed goal, for His own glory.
– J.I. Packer
Goals | Circumstances | Creation
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
– Martin Luther King Jr.
Peace | Goals
The goal of prayer is the ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him, pouring out our heart to Him and permitting Him to speak to us. Only by so doing can we expect to know Him, and as we come to know Him better we shall spend more time in His presence and find that presence a constant and ever-increasing delight.
– E.M. Bounds
Prayer | Goals | Waiting
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
– Martin Luther King Jr.
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If you want to reach a goal, you must “see the reaching” in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
– Zig Ziglar
Achievement | Goals
If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
– Amy Carmichael
Friendship | Goals
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
– Zig Ziglar
Achievement | Goals
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
– Helen Keller
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The smile of God is the goal of your life.
– Rick Warren
Life | Goals
Living to create an earthly legacy is a short-sighted goal.
– Rick Warren
Life | Goals
When ours are interrupted, his are not. His plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always (including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable) “toward the goal of true maturity” (Rom 12:2 JBP).
– Elisabeth Elliot
God | Life | Goals
Goals help you overcome short-term problems.
– Hannah More
Achievement | Goals
God has reserved to Himself the right to determine the end of life, because He alone knows the goal to which it is His will to lead it. It is for Him alone to justify a life or to cast it away.
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Death | Goals | Justification
God’s ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.
– Rick Warren
Character | Life | Goals
Wisdom is the power to see and the inclination to choose the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it.
– J.I. Packer
Achievement | Wisdom | Goals