Tom Rath Quotes

What keeps me going is goals.

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.

Goals. There's not telling what you can do when you get inspired by them.

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.

I've accomplished a lot, but I still have more dreams that I want to achieve.

It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.

With each dream accomplished, bigger ones are put in their place.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.

Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do.

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

I think I'm drawn to people who dream big, and both films have that. In 'Street Fight, Cory Booker wants to become Mayor of Newark, and in 'Racing Dreams,' three kids want to become NASCAR drivers.

Fulfilling your mission is one thing; vision is another, and having a commitment to something leads you to do better work.

I haven't got one or two people that I aspired to be like.

The difference between people are really great in terms of the level of their aspirations.

I don't see I'll ever arrive at the point where I'll say, 'Lance old boy, you've arrived at success.' There's no question about it. Once you get to the point where you've arrived at a station called success, you get complacent and lethargic. Those goals you set keep changing. But it's not a ruthless sort of thing.

My dreams are bigger than money; they're bigger than fame.

Winning is motivation.

In my case, my life has changed and improved because different things have motivated me. For example, in the beginning, my motivation was to help my family. Later on, my motivation was to be the best.

Be motivated by something beyond simply money or glory.

It's about important things such as having faith, pursuing your dreams and goals. My music is about drive.

At one time I was one of those guys looking at the guys on the top saying 'I want to be like that.'

The fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.