Human potential is nearly limitless once you have a goal and a strong enough reason to complete it.

There has been a lot of research in positive psychology on the benefits of goal setting, to help maintain a happier and healthier life. Being happy takes a lot of practice and hard work, and goal setting is one part of the equation.

According to Positive Psychology, “It is pertinent to establish non-zero goals as opposed to zero-sum goals. Non-zero goals will encompass the welfare of other people, besides yourself, and they will promote complete life satisfaction. Zero-sum goals are those goals that offer more commitment to your own desires.”

Here are the best quotes about goals and dreams to get you fired up for the challenges ahead.

Epic Quotes About Goal and Dreams

“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.” Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie was at one time the wealthiest person on the planet. He was the reason that the classic, “Think and Grow Rich” was ever created.  So when it comes to setting goals, make sure you don’t go too small.

Create big goals that will stretch you and make you become more. Challenge your mind and with enough determination and hard work, you can turn it into reality.

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” Pablo Picasso

Goal setting is great but without a plan, it’ll never happen. Be bold enough to create a huge goal.. then make a detailed action plan. It’s okay if it changes along the way but you need a framework to help you see it through.

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” Earl Nightingale | Quotes About Goals and Dreams

Success isn’t a big house, money or a high-paying job. It’s constantly setting goals, working hard, and seeing them come to life. The feeling you get from constantly achieving your goals is better than any material possession.

“You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential.” Steve Garvey

Never limit yourself, even if you don’t know “how” you’re going to make it happen. You should have a combination of achievable and stretch goals.

One way to do this is by setting short deadlines to help you focus even more. Big shifts in little time can help you 10X any part of your life.

“By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands—your own.” Mark Victor Hansen

Writing your goals in your own handwriting is a powerful way to trigger the help of your subconscious and unleash the power of your mind. Write your goals on a regular basis to affirm them to your mind.

Repetition is how you can reprogram your mind to help you achieve any goal! 

“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” Michael Korda | Quotes About Goals and Dreams

Once you accomplish a goal, make sure you celebrate to reward yourself but don’t get content. Focus on keeping your momentum by setting a stretch goal.

Don’t let your hard earned momentum go to waste!

“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. ” Norman Vincent Peale

Clarity is key to setting effective goals. The clearer you are on what you want to achieve, the more likely you are to achieve it.

Use these quotes about goals and dreams to set big goals for 2019. Once you create them, don’t forget to make a clear plan of action. And when you pull it off, make sure you celebrate and get back to the next one!

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3 Reasons Why You Haven’t Achieved Your Dreams Yet

1. Lack of execution

You might think that you’re already working very much and that might be true, but working and executing are two different things. Most ‘dreamchasers’ have this belief that they’re working really hard. They’re early risers and late sleepers hoping that it one day will all pay off. This picture that I just painted for you sounds familiar right? I agree that someone who wants to live their dreams will have to work long hours sometimes, it’s inevitable. However, how often do you postpone complicated things until later on the day and start with the easy things first and eventually you ‘don’t feel like it at the end of the day’ so you simply delay it until tomorrow? Or how often do you feel like you take too much time for something that could have been done in half the amount of time you’re spending it on. If you’re lacking execution, you’re not setting yourself up directly for failure.  You’re setting yourself up for a potential failure. Because you’ll keep asking yourself where are all the results of the work (read hours) are, when in fact you weren’t really productive during those hours. So you’re the one that’s basically withholding yourself from the progress towards achieving your dreams.

2. The need for approval

The graveyard is the most creative and wealthiest place on earth, you know why? Because many unknown people who unfortunately have passed away had ingenious and great ideas during their lives, but never acted upon them, because of one thing: fear. They were afraid of being different and standing out from the crowd, because they feared being judged and being criticized. The one thing many people don’t get is that when you want to follow your dreams, you should be prepared to be doubted and tested.

Unfortunately, many people have the desire to feel liked by anyone. They make decisions based on what other people may think of them, instead of what they actually want in their lives. With the consequence of living someone else’s life, instead of their own and not ending up where they want to be in their life.

3. Lack of focus

Most people nowadays don’t even realize how divided their focus and attention really is. For example, in today’s world you really have the ‘world’ in the palm of your hand; your smartphone. How often do you check your smartphone for new text messages, social media updates and other app notifications? Or how often do people come to you who want something from you and you can’t say no? These little moments of distractions might seem harmless, but when these moments are consistently happening in your life, you might end up with having a big problem. Because you’re so caught up with the daily ‘struggles’ of life, it absorbs your focus and attention from where it should belong: your goals. Not being able to focus on what really matters delays process of you achieving your goals and therefore also the road to achieving your dreams

In sum, I hope that by mentioning these 3 reasons you’ve started to evaluate your own journey honestly.  By taking sometimes a moment for yourself to reflect back on your journey and try to look at yourself through a third person perspective. This way you can see what has been going well so far and what you can improve. By recognizing what you’re doing wrong and right and applying changes where needed, you’re guaranteeing yourself of achieving your dreams and living a successful and happy life.

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