~ The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment. ~

~ Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ~

~ Nothing resists a human will that stakes its very existence upon the achievement of its purpose. ~

~ Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose. ~

~ Knowing your destination is half the journey. ~

~ believe every person is created as the steward of his or her destiny with great power for a specific purpose to share with others, through service, a reverence for life in a spirit of love. ~

~ All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do. ~

~ If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. ~

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

~ Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. ~

~ First, have a definite, clear practical idea; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. ~

~ Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. ~

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

~ The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've already achieved them. ~

~ Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes. ~