A set and concrete term of attaining a plan mobilizes a man to fulfill it.
The aspiration to attain goals overcomes death
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.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for no wind is the right wind.
There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
Men like nails lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend.
It is when things go hardest when life becomes most trying that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal. When few comforts come from without it is all the more necessary to have a fount to d...
Choosing a goal and sticking to it changes everything.
Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course toward his objective in life without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.
It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.
Who begins too much accomplishes little.
Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms. -Samuel Johnson No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one...
Life is an end in itself and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness.
There is no such thing as expecting too much.
Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight.
That is happiness: to be dissolved into something completely great.
Only when men are connected to large universal goals are they really happy-and one result of their happiness is a rush of creative activity.
The proper function of man is to live-not to exist.
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