“Success only breeds a new goal”
Bette Davis (1908–1989) film and television actress from the United States
“Success only breeds a new goal”
Bette Davis (1908–1989) film and television actress from the United States
“Man is always aiming to achieve some goal and he is always looking for new goals.”
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.
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881) Swiss philosopher and poet
Journal Intime (1882), Journal entries
Context: In the conduct of life, habits count for more than maxims, because habit is a living maxim, becomes flesh and instinct. To reform one's maxims is nothing: it is but to change the title of the book. To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.
“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.”
Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist
Unknown, but also attributed to Les Brown, a motivational speaker. Commonly attributed to C.S. Lewis, but never with a primary source listed.
Misattributed
“To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.”
John Burroughs (1837–1921) American naturalist and essayist
“The goal is the developed Kingdom of god, the New Jerusalem, a world order under god's law.”
Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001) American theologian
Source: Writings, The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973), p. 357
James Burnham (1905–1987) American philosopher
Source: The Managerial Revolution, 1941, p. 203, as cited in: Albert Lepawsky (1949), Administration, p. 13