Check Out These Amazing Inspirational Goal Setting Quotes

UPDATED & ADDED 7/4/2021: Want more Inspiring, Motivational, and Life-Changing Quotes? Check out our Pinterest Quote Vault.

We can all use some inspiration from time-to-time and these 45 inspirational goal setting quotes will do just that to help kick start your new year. So, when you’re needing a boost in your mood, or motivation to stay on track with your goals, get your journal out and write down the quotes that inspire you to reach your goals, because your dreams can come true.

“The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”  — Michele Obama

“Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them and there’s no telling what will happen when you act upon them.”  — Jim Rohn

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”  — Pablo Picasso

“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”  — Alexander Graham Bell

“If you can dream it, you can do it.”  — Walt Disney

“You become what you think about most often.”  — Brian Tracy

“It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal, but in having no goals to reach.”  — Benjamin E. Mays

“A goal properly set is halfway reached.” — Unknown

Check out our post on: Goal-Setting for 2021 Success

Now, back to our inspirational goal setting quotes.

“Success is the progressive realization of a wealthy goal or ideal.” — Earl Nightingale

“All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.”  — Norman Vincent Peale

“The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.” — Og Mandino

“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.”  — Orison Swett Marden

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”  — Pablo Picasso

“If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.”  — Lou Holtz

“Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don’t quit until you attain it and when you do attain it, set another goal, and don’t quit until you reach it.”  — Bear Bryant

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”  — Henry Ford

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”  — C.S. Lewis

“By recording your dreams & goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands – your own.”  — Mark Victor Hansen

“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up & down the field and therefore never score.”  — Bill Copeland

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or intent.”  — Earl Nightingale

“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.”  — James Cameron

“If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, then your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.”  — Les Brown

“You can do anything if you set goals. You just have to push yourself.”  — RJ Mitte

“A goal without a timeline is just a dream.”  — Robert Herjavec

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”  — Tony Robbins

“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” — Brian Tracy

“Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground.” — Ralph Marston

“Be the knight of your goal and a warrior of your dream!”  — Unknown

How are you enjoying these inspirational goal setting quotes? Be sure to sure this post with your friends.

“Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.” — Robert H. Schuller

“One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.” — Michael Korda

“This one step—choosing a goal and sticking to it—changes everything.” — Scott Reed

“Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future.” — Tony Robbins

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”  — Unknown

“The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact… those people have goals.” — Seth Godin

“In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.”  — Unknown

“Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent return on energy!” — Brian Tracy

“Most ‘impossible’ goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite-size chunks, writing them down, believing them, and then going full speed ahead as if they were routine.” — Don Lancaster

“You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.” — Ted Turner

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” — Confucius

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

“Write your goals down in detail and read your list of goals every day. Some goals may entail a list of shorter goals. Losing a lot of weight, for example, should include mini-goals, such as 10-pound milestones. This will keep your subconscious mind focused on what you want step by step.” — Jack Canfield

“A year from now you will wish you had started today.”  — Unknown

“If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.” — Brian Tracy

“I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” — Michael Phelps

“There’s nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.” — Paloma Faith

That wraps up our 45 inspirational goal setting quotes. I hope you can use these to motivate and inspire you to reach your goals because the dreams you have for your life are possible!

Know of any other inspirational goal setting quotes? Share them in the comments below so others can also be inspired by them.

Looking for more inspirational goal setting quotes, then head on over to It’s All About You Boo. Nadalie has a great site packed with goal setting quotes, inspiration, and even a 2021 planner. So, check our her website today!