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Goal Quotes

"Revolution is not a goal in itself."

Ernest Mandel, Belgian Author

Goal, Revolution

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"Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest."

Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Leader

Goal, Goals, Will

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"My job is to score goals."

Peter Bondra, Ukrainian Athlete

Goal, Goals, Job

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"Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program."

Kim Dae Jung, South Korean Leader

Goal, Future, Present, Southkorean

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"Maybe the mistakes have looked worse because they led to goals."

Ian Walker, English Athlete

Goal, Goals, Mistakes

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"I'm hoping that maybe everyone on the Olympic team thinks that I'm worthy to carry the flag. That's my next goal, to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies, if everyone chooses me."

Picabo Street, American Athlete

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"Another goal is to look to the resources we have and to see how we could do better to plan, in a sense, for the faculty and infrastructure that we will need to study Asia well into the 21st century."

William Kirby, English Scientist

Goal, Sense, Study, Will

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"Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Goal, Destruction, Iraq, Succeed

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"Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency."

Jay Inslee, American Politician

Goal, Goals, Efficiency

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"If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it."

John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

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"At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security."

Jodi Rell, American Politician

Goal, Goals, Day, End, Safety

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"In that match for Holland I asked for a big responsibility, I got it and I dealt with it. I played well, I scored goals and the team qualified for the Euro 2004 finals. It was a big night and an important moment for Holland."

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch Athlete

Goal, Goals, Night, Responsibility

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"Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit."

Bear Bryant, American Coach

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"To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent."

Johan Cruijff, Dutch Athlete

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"I think I'll take my record of 13 goals to the grave."

Just Fontaine, French Athlete

Goal, Goals, Grave

"In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting."

Illeana Douglas, American Actress

Goal, Acting, School, Writer

"Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression."

Brent Scowcroft, American Public Servant

Goal, Goals, Aggression

"Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship."

LeBron James, American Athlete

Goal, Winning, Will

"When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the activity level being given to the muscle."

Lee Haney, American Athlete

"My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World."

Evander Holyfield, American Athlete

"I have so many goals."

Tyra Banks, American Model

"He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever."

Gilbert Parker, British Politician

Goal, Purpose, Being, Devotion

"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity."

Louis Pasteur, French Scientist

Goal, Strength, Lies, Tenacity

"My advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a SNL star."

Teri Hatcher, American Actress

Goal, Goals, Advice

"There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!"

Maggie Kuhn, American Activist

"Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it."

Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader

Goal, Glory, Lies

"Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them."

Les Brown, American Businessman

Goal, Goals, Day, Order

"I knew what my times were and how my practices were progressing and how close I was to the goals I had set for the year. I swam hard. I always swam hard. If I didn't, I knew I would pay for it either the next day or the next meet."

Debbie Meyer, American Athlete

Goal, Goals, Day

"Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

"I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however, is not."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

"Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness."

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, American Writer

Goal, Goals, Editors, Goodness, Heresy

"My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones."

Kiana Tom, American Model

"If our main goal is to connect emotionally, we should want to have as many tools as we possibly can to achieve that goal. The more abilities that we have, the more choices we can make musically."

Ken Hill, British Playwright

Goal, Choices, Tools, Want

"I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have."

Martina McBride, American Musician

"To be honest, I'm not as goal oriented and ambitious as I once was."

Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian Musician

"The goal of the Head Start program is to give at-risk children all across our Nation a fair chance at succeeding in the educational system."

Joe Baca, American Politician

Goal, Chance, Children, Nation

"To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis."

Tracy Austin, American Athlete

Goal, Goals, Tennis

"It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results."

Paddy Ashdown, British Politician

Goal, Job, Popular, Results

"My goals are for the U.S. team to get to the second round of the World Cup and to win a championship here in the U.S. with my club team the Columbus Crew."

Brian McBride, American Athlete

Goal, Goals, Columbus, World

"With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

Goal, America, Production

"Let's make New York the safest state in America - that must be our goal. Let's achieve it together."

George E. Pataki, American Politician

Goal, America, State

"Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint."

Garry Trudeau, American Cartoonist

Goal, Goals, Complaint, Culture, Frustration

"Our goal is to leverage what is already out in the field in terms of partners, but then hire in project management capability and a bit of technical capability."

Kevin Rollins, American Businessman

Goal, Management, Project

"I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company."

Tony Randall, American Actor

Goal, Acting, Actors, Company

"My goal is to strip things down so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey. I like editing. I like it very tight."

Maya Lin, American Architect

Goal, Right, Words

"I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it."

Chuck Norris, American Actor

"It's been really good to have a goal and go after it. That feels good."

Shannon Miller, American Athlete

"That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it."

Taylor Dayne, American Musician

Goal, Positive, Kids, Now

"I've reached most my goals and when my career is over I will have many other things to do."

Thomas Muster, Austrian Athlete

Goal, Goals, Career, Will

"Your goal is to achieve the best results by following their wishes. If they want you to build a house upside down standing on its chimney, it's up to you to do it."

Richard M. Hunt, American Historian

Goal, Results, Want, Wishes

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