Written Goals Quotes:

Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant's into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don't just think it - ink it!

- Michael Korda

topic: Dream, Writing, Reality, Written Goals, Thoughts Become Things

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Work, People, Goal, Inspirational Passion, Passion For Work

Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

- Fitzhugh Dodson

topic: Motivational, Goals Dreams, Wish, Motivation Goal Setting, Motivational Goal

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

- Tony Robbins

source: FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from May 12, 2017

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful, First Steps, New Goal

Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.

- Fitzhugh Dodson

topic: Inspirational, Success, Greatness, Life Goal, Career Goals

Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Leadership, Creativity, Procrastination, Written Goals

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

- Confucius

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Clever, Inspirational Goal Setting, Adjustment

Only three percent of adults have written goals, and everyone else works for them.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Goal, Adults, Three, Written Goals

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

- Zig Ziglar

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Goal, Inspirational Goal Setting, Success Is Not Measured

A goal that is not in writing is like cigarette smoke: It drifts away and disappears. It is vague and insubstantial. It has no force, effect, or power. But a written goal becomes something that you can see, touch, read, and modify if necessary.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Writing, Goal, Cigarette, Written Goals, Cigarette Smoke

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.

- Denis Waitley

topic: Life, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Goal Setting, Life Goal

According to the best research, less than 3% of Americans have written goals, and less than 1% review and rewrite their goals on a daily basis.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Goal, Research, Reviews, Written Goals

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even 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.

- Denis Waitley

topic: Inspirational, Adventure, Goal, Inspirational Goal Setting, Motivation Goal Setting

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Success, Business, Moving, Written Goals, Goals And Ambitions

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Inspirational, Luck, Want, Luck And Skill, Written Goals

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

- Bo Jackson

source: Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Football Coach

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

- Rabindranath Tagore

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Impossible Dream, Inspirational Dream

You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Success, Confidence, Needs, Written Goals, Confidence Boosting

When Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner asked a roomful of Olympic hopefuls if they had a list of written goals, every one raised their hands. When he asked how many of them had that list with them right that moment, only one person raised their hand. That person was Dan O'Brien. And it was Dan O'Brien who went on to win the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Don't underestimate the power of setting goals and constantly reviewing them.

- Jack Canfield

topic: Winning, Atlanta, Hands, Written Goals, Gold Medals

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Motivational, Self, Careers, Career Development, Career Motivation

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

- W. Clement Stone

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership, Pursue Your Dreams, Gusto

I had always been an overachiever, so I felt I could just "wing it," reasoning that if I don't set clear, written goals I wouldn't have to account for anything if I failed. Now I'm the opposite! I am always setting goals, and I get very specific about where I'm going and take the time to learn the steps needed to take to get there.

- Edwina Findley

topic: Opposites, Wings, Goal, Overachiever, Written Goals