He is conscious of touching the highest pinnacle of fulfillment... when he is consumed in the service of an idea, in the conquest of the goal pursued. (Quote by - R. Briffault)

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. (Quote by - Denis Watley)

Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures. (Quote by - Voltaire)

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. (Quote by - Pamela Vaull Starr)

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. (Quote by - Charles Kingsley)

One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they ... divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits. (Quote by - Nathaniel Emmons)

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner. (Quote by - G. K. Chesterton)

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies. (Quote by - Lord Chesterfield)

Life is about enjoying yourself and having a good time. (Quote by - Cher)

Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for. (Quote by - David Starr Jordan)

Know what you want to do-then do it. Make straight for your goal and go undefeated in spirit to the end. (Quote by - Ernestine Schumann-Heink)

One cannot manage too many affairs: like pumpkins in the water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other. (Quote by - Chinese proverb)

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose. (Quote by - Bette Davis)

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning. (Quote by - Billy Wilder)

The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good. (Quote by - Ruth Benedict)

If you cry "Forward," you must make plain in what direction to go. (Quote by - Anton Chekhov)

Our victory is sure to come, and I can endure anything but recreancy to principle. (Quote by - Lucy Stone)

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. (Quote by - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I many not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead. (Quote by - Louisa May Alcott)

Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving, if your sights are set far above the merely secure and mediocre. (Quote by - David Sarnoff)

The goal of all civilization, all religious thought, and all that sort of thing is simply to have a good time. But man gets so solemn over the process that he forgets the end. (Quote by - Don Marquis)

I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president. (Quote by - Barbara Mikulski)

I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more. (Quote by - Louisa May Alcott)

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. (Quote by - William Jennings Bryan)