You have to be vigorous. That’s the only way you are going to get it because everybody has dreams and everybody has goals, but the only people who achieve them are the ones that go after it and don’t take no for an answer. – Nick Cannon
And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career. – Duane G. Carey
It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate sense they would like respect for human rights to grow around the world, as all Americans would, they have no actual policy to achieve that goal – and they subordinate it to all their other policy goals. – Elliott Abrams
Teaching methods are often inadequate for the goals faculties are trying to achieve. Important courses such as expository writing and foreign languages are frequently taught by untrained graduate students and underpaid adjunct teachers. – Derek Bok
We need to build on the success of Social Security by developing bold and innovative ways for Americans to build wealth and save for retirement. I believe we can work together in a bipartisan manner to accomplish these goals. – Debbie Stabenow
Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. – David Joseph Schwartz
The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise. – P. J. O’Rourke
I traced the path I walk today and my goals are many. I think that I’m achieving my goals. – Elie Saab
Even with – the best make-up in the world won’t look good if you don’t cleanse and exfoliate and have a good basic regime. This is why one of my goals has always been to create a skincare line. – Francois Nars
Plus-sized women shouldn’t think of themselves as a size. They should think of themselves as women with rich goals in life. Size doesn’t mean, really, anything. You can carry your size with pride and dress in a way that you like. – Donatella Versace
I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon. – Paula Radcliffe
We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation. – Fred Thompson
Where do you learn how to act? Not at church. America is a lot more like pagan Rome than we think. We still sacrifice to objects to gain our social goals. – Dave Hickey
The Hispanic community values entrepreneurship and family-owned businesses, and we deserve a leader in Washington who is dedicated to creating an environment where our values, our goals and our dreams of prosperity can become reality. – Mario Diaz-Balart
Having the strength to tune out negativity and remain focused on what I want gives me the will and confidence to achieve my goals. – Gisele Bundchen
In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don’t have a ton of options as an actor who’s been on a science fiction show for 8 years. – Michael Shanks
And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable. – Erskine Bowles
The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally. – Gerry Adams
I believe the wedding vows are sacred and precious, and it’s been one of my goals as a writer to portray the kind of marriages I’ve seen modeled in my family – my parents and grandparents, who all celebrated fifty-year anniversaries and well-beyond. – Deborah Raney
One of the stated goals of the postmodern movement in architecture was a greater sensitivity to the people who live in or use newly designed buildings. – Martin Filler
Singles have goals, responsibilities, deadlines, events, and friends that occupy their time, as well they should. Nonetheless, before any goals are achieved, responsibilities are fulfilled, deadlines are met, events are attended or friends are visited, God’s purpose should be accomplished. – Monica Johnson
We all learned how to walk and talk by interacting with our environment, with real goals and rewards. – Nicholas Negroponte
Dream up big, hairy, audacious goals that you are passionate about and pursue them relentlessly. You have to begin with the end goal in mind, knowing that a goal is a dream with a deadline. – Clay Clark
You’ve got to know what you want. This is central to acting on your intentions. When you know what you want, you realize that all there is left then is time management. You’ll manage your time to achieve your goals because you clearly know what you’re trying to achieve in your life. – Patch Adams
We want to obviously foster a relationship that we’re a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we’re practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they’re talking about. – Margaret Spellings
Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils down to looking after your people and ensuring that, from top to bottom, everyone feels part of the team. – Frederick W. Smith
No expectations, no tension between goals and performance, no outrage, resolve or intention, no action, no results. There’s only one way to get a government – and a nation – to stop drifting to low performance. That’s to wake up and insist on higher standards. – Donella Meadows
