Louis Kronenberger (1904–1980) American critic and writer
Source: Company Manners: A Cultural Inquiry into American Life (1954), p. 65.
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
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Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551–-479 BCRelated quotes
“Attraction causes action. Action stimulates thought. Thought reaches the goal.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) L'attrazione provoca azione. L'azione stimola il pensiero. Il pensiero raggiunge l'obiettivo.
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“We will not define our goal, but when we reach our goal we will duplicate the goal.”
Dilma Rousseff (1947) 36th President of Brazil
Eternal
“Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.”
Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Canadian-born American writer
Attributed in Fun Fitness for Families (2005) by James Steffen, p. 24 and later publications; also attributed to Helmut Schmidt, in The 7 Ultimate Secrets to Weight Loss (2011) by Natasa Denman, p. 31 and later publications.
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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Variant: The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.
“Better to have a big goal and reach half of it than to have no goal and reach all of it.”
Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker
“We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”
Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress
“Some goals and difficult goals are reached only by waiting, I can wait.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Alcuni traguardi e difficili obiettivi si raggiungono solo aspettando, io so aspettare.
Source: prevale.net