Setting Goals - Taking Action

Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
- John F. Kennedy

A goal is a dream with a deadline.
- Napoleon Hill

Begin each day as if it were on purpose.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

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Further reading: How to Keep Your New Years Resolutions

Success Tip: Drive Change

How to be Successful in Business

Daily Journaling - How to Begin a Rewarding Journaling Practice

Goals Quotes

Dreams Quotes

Vision Quotes

Action Quotes

Music Quotes

Have Big Goals

Talk not of the river or lake
To those who have looked on the sea.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Life is a great big canvas,
and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
- Danny Kaye

The big question is whether you are going to be able
to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
- Joseph Campbell

Believe in yourself. Dream big dreams.
Set important goals. Take action on those goals.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

Dare to Dream of Your Great Success - Mary Anne Radmacher

Vision (Life Purpose)

How to Succeed in Business

Quotes about Dreams

Quotes about Goals

Quotes about Purpose

Action

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.
- Carl Jung

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Believe in yourself. Dream big dreams.
Set important goals. Take action on those goals.
- jlh

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Further reading: Later is Never

"Reasonable" isn't always good enough

How to Choose Your Life Purpose

Words of Inspiration

Quotes about Action

Dreams

The Future

Goals

Be Bold

Freedom lies in being bold.
- Robert Frost

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
- Mark Twain

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John F. Kennedy

Action is our greatest weapon against fear.
Left to molder, fear grows upon itself,
but in the face of action,
fear is left in the dust.
- jlh

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Further reading: Appreciate the Unexpected

How to Stop Worrying

Dare to Dream of Your Great Success - Mary Anne Radmacher

Later is Never

Quotes about Being Bold

Quotes about Action

Quotes about Fear

Quotes about Freedom

John F. Kennedy Quotes

Keep Moving

You have to accept whatever comes
and the only important thing is that
you meet it with courage
and with the best that you have to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Success seems to be connected with action.
Successful people keep moving.
They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton

We keep moving forward, opening new doors,
and doing new things, because we're curious
and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
- Walt Disney

Affirmation:
Even when I am afraid or unsure,
I choose to move in the direction of my goal.
Whenever I fall, I stand up,
brush myself off, and keep moving.

Further reading: How to Think Positive

How to Move On and Let Go

Take Charge of Your Life - 9 Secrets For Getting Un-Stuck

Never Give Up Quotes

Can Do Quotes

Overcoming Adversity

Freedom

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson [Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Do you want to know who you are?
Don't ask. Act!
Action will delineate and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson

Have a joyful American Independence Day.

Further reading: What is Honor? Is there a place for Honor today?

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Celebration

How to Share Your Thoughts With the World

Freedom Quotes

Gratitude Quotes

Respect Quotes

Presidential Quotes

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Take Action - Now

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
- Raymond Lindquist

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
- Norman Vincent Peale

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Take Action - Now.

Further reading: How to Motivate Yourself

Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life

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Tips for Saving Money while Living Well

The Jump is So Frightening - Mary Anne Radmacher

ACTION - the sixth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Meaningful Quotes

Sports Quotes

You Can Do It Quotes

Beliefs, convictions, opinions.

We don't see things as they are,
we see things as we are.
- Anaïs Nin

It all depends on how we look at things,
and not how they are in themselves.
- Carl Jung

Everyone believes that their beliefs are the right ones -
that is why they are called beliefs.
- jlh

Beliefs, convictions, opinions. When does a belief bring out the best in you? When does a belief hold you prisoner to yesterday and limit your options for designing a great future?

Test your beliefs with as much objectivity as you can bring to the subject. Be willing to let go of those beliefs that represent your parents' opinions or your communities opinions rather than your own.

Those beliefs that withstand rigorous testing become the foundation of your being - your reason for living. Take action on those beliefs.

Further reading: The Nature of Belief

How to Share Your Thoughts With the World - Blogging, Letters to the Editor, and much more

Assumptions

How to Stop Worrying

Don't believe yourself

Quotes on Attitude

Know Thyself Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Never be stopped by fear or self-pity.

The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be.
Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive.
One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it,
we can never do anything wise in this world.
- Helen Keller

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
- W. Clement Stone

Never be stopped by fear or self-pity.

Further reading: How to Choose Your Life Purpose

Success Tip: Drive Change

The jump is so frightening - Mary Anne Radmacher Take inspiration from Mary Anne's own story about the origin of her famous quote.

Courage Doesn't Always Roar by Mary Anne Radmacher

Life is Beautiful

Life Lesson Quotes

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Bold and Courageous Action

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

Do you want to know who you are?
Don't ask. Act!
Action will delineate and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.
If you can dream it, you can become it.
- William Arthur Ward

Live a Life of Bold and Courageous Action
Inspired by Powerful Dreams.
- jlh

Further reading: Success Tip: Drive Change

Action

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Follow Your Dreams Quotes

Quotes about Change

Quotes about Choice

Amazing Quotes

Don't Wait!

Don't Wait!
Start on your dreams, your impulses,
your longings, your special occasions today.
Because this is your moment.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Saying

If you aren't in the moment,
you are either looking forward to uncertainty,
or back to pain and regret.
- Jim Carrey

Today is the right day to do what you have long wanted to do.

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Further reading: The Paradox Of Living In The Moment - How To Be Happy Today And Prepare For Tomorrow

What If Every Day Were Your Day - Celebrate Whimsey Today

What I Know - What I Don't Know

Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

Living In The Now



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Positive Quotes about Life

Quotes to Live By

Regret Quotes

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw

Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
- Helen Keller

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain

Take responsibility for your whole life - regardless of circumstances.

Further reading: Success Tip: Drive Change

A Story of Money

The Jump is So Frightening - Mary Anne Radmacher

Time, Like Life Itself, Has No Inherent Meaning

What`s in a Name?

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Life Quotes and Sayings

Funny Quotes and Sayings

Quotes about Love

Life Quotes to Live By

Dream. Begin. Persevere.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water
- Rabindranath Tagore

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
- Mark Twain

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
- Raymond Lindquist

Dream. Begin. Persevere.

Further reading: How To Not Care What Others Think

Later is Never

Dare to Dream of Your Great Success - Mary Anne Radmacher

Tips for Saving Money while Living Well



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Jimmy Yen - My Personal Greatest Hero

Quotes about Moving On

Life Quotes and Sayings

Famous Quotes about Life

Funny Quotes about Life

Inspirational Quotes about Life

Sayings about Life

Sad Quotes about Life

Happiness walks on busy feet. - Kitte Turmell

Happiness walks on busy feet.
- Kitte Turmell

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.
- Lee Ann Womack

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
- Norman Vincent Peale

Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
- Martha Washington

Keep busy - with tasks that inspire you, motivate you, or please you.

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Further reading: The Secret of Happiness

12 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat

9 Secrets for Living a Happier Life

Quotes about Living Life to the Fullest
Motivational Quotes
Quotes about Moving On
New Beginning Quotes

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
- Anonymous

Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen hard.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Live life full out! Why do less?

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Further reading: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

12 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat

Happy Quotes about Life

Life Quotes and Sayings

Life may not be the party we hoped...

A life lived in fear is a life half lived

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. - Louisa May Alcott

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott

I'm not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
- Louisa May Alcott

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
- Bertha Calloway (attributed)

Dream, Take Action, Repeat.

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Further reading: How to Move On and Let Go

This Above All, to Thine Own Self Be True

Motivational Quotes

Amazing Quotes

Deep Quotes

Famous Words

Motivational Sayings

Favorite Quotes

We must be proactive in our love in order for it to change our lives - Marianne Williamson

Most of us love, to be sure. Yet far too often our love is passive.
We must be proactive in our love in order for it to change our lives.
- Marianne Williamson

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action.
When you can taste, smell, and touch your dreams, you can enroll the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Put your unconditional love of all people into action today.

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Attitude Is Everything
Further reading: ACTION - the sixth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

How to Move On and Let Go

Secrets of Happy Couples

Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

How to Get Over a Broken Heart

Inspirational Sayings

Deep Quotes

Quotes about Being Strong

Quotes about Not Giving Up

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

Most of us love, to be sure. Yet far too often our love is passive.
We must be proactive in our love in order for it to change our lives.
- Marianne Williamson

You ARE what you do - and what you fail to do.



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Further reading: ACTION - the sixth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Be optimistic, dream and take action

A life of happiness requires a plan and it requires action

Change Quotes

Quotes about Moving On

Quotes about Letting Go

Courage Quotes

Deep Quotes

When in doubt, do it - Oliver Wendell Holmes

When in doubt, do it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right.
- Henry Ford

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
- Vince Lombardi

Be resolute in your goals, but flexible in your tactics.
- jlh

What have you long put off doing? Is today the day to begin?

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Further reading:

• Inspirational Pictures
• Inspirational Stories
• Inspirational Words
• Quotes about Caring
• Cheerful Quotes
• Quotes about Choices
• Comforting Words
• Courage Quotes
• Deep Quotes

There are two kinds of failures - Laurence J. Peter

There are two kinds of failures:
those who thought and never did,
and those who did and never thought.
- Laurence J. Peter

Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action.
When you can taste, smell, and touch your dreams, you can enroll the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

To live a satisfying life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.

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Further reading: Take Charge of Your Life

VISION - the fifth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

ACTION - the sixth Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Affirmations

Attitude Quotes

Quotes about Choices

Courage Quotes

Never Stop Quotes