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Reaching Goals

Quotations on setting, following up, and reaching goals.

The source format of the quotes is as follows:
- Real person: - their name 
- Fictional characters: - character's name, book/movie of origin, if book then author
- Poem, song, or book: - poem, song, or book, author

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
- Henry David Thoreau

Eighty percent of success is showing up.
- Woody Allen

All is well that ends well.
- The Proverbs of John Heywood, by John Heywood

There is no failure, except in no longer trying; no defeat, except from within; no insurmountable barrier, except our own inherent weakness of purpose.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal, it's courage that counts.
- Winston Churchill

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men without talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistance and determination alone are omnipotent.
- Calvin Coolidge

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
- Andr'e Gide

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
- Thomas Edison

A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved.
- John Dewey

Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't, you're absolutely right.
- Henry Ford

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
- Ursula K. Le Guin

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from hodfuls of earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.
- Lao-Tzu

We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
- Jacob Bronowski

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
- Hannah More

If the going is easy, beware! You may be going downhill.
- Greg Taunt

Aim at nothing and you will hit it every time.

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
- The Proverbs of John Heywood, by John Heywood

Well begun is half done.

A penny saved is a penny gained.
- Scottish proverb

Better late than never.
- The Proverbs of John Heywood, by John Heywood

Better to wear out shoes than sheets.
- Scottish proverb

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