“I’ve always known people for whom a goal was everything, who never thought nothing about the consequences of the goal achieved.”

— Glen Cook , book The Silver Spike

Source: The Silver Spike (1989), Chapter 36 (p. 562)

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Gordon Pask (1928–1996) British psychologist

Pask (1968) " A comment, a case history, and a plan http://www.pangaro.com/pask/Pask%20Cybernetic%20Serendipity%20Musicolour%20and%20Colloquy%20of%20Mobiles.pdf" in: Cybernetics, Art and Ideas". (1968) p. 76.

“Turn off thoughts, limit the stimulus and commitment to achieve your goals.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Spegni i pensieri, limitano lo stimolo e l'impegno per raggiungere le tue mete.
Source: prevale.net

“If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.”

John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) American business magnate and philanthropist

As quoted in Complete Speaker's and Toastmaster's Library (1992) edited by Jacob Morton Braude and Glenn Van Ekeren

“(About the "New Atheists") They fail to recognize that mocking religious people in public is entirely inimical to the goals they wish to achieve.”

Jacques Berlinerblau (1966) Associate Professor, Director of the Program for Jewish Civilization, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,…

Professor Jacques Berlinerblau tells atheists: Stop whining! Washington Post, 17th September 2012 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/professor-jacques-berlinerblau-tells-atheists-stop-whining/2012/09/14/0fdaf7f4-feab-11e1-98c6-ec0a0a93f8eb_story.html?utm_term=.6145b4fb44a8
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“I'm not one of those actresses that's going to feel like I never achieved my dreams and goals and just get disgruntled and hate everything about the business. I've had so much fun.”

Ming-Na Wen (1963) Macau-born American actress

From ‘Street Fighter’ to ‘ER’ : After ‘Joy Luck Club,’ Actress Ming-Na Wen Finds Diversity in Career Roles https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-20-ca-11142-story.html (December 20, 1994)

“I set another goal … a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I approached everything step by step.”

Michael Jordan (1963) American retired professional basketball player and businessman

How to be like Mike (2005)

“One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?”

Jack McDevitt (1935) American novelist, Short story writer

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Chindi (2002), Chapter 14 (p. 191)

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

Original from Zig Ziglar https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zig_Ziglar
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“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

As quoted in Secrets of Superstar Speakers: Wisdom from the Greatest Motivators of Our Time (2000) by Lilly Walters, p. 96
Variant: What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician

Attributed to Zig Ziglar
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“I’ve always known people for whom a goal was everything, who never thought nothing about the consequences of the goal achieved.”

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