A goal without a plan is just a wish. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery   

  
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it. – Arnold Toynbee

 
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. – Louis Pasteur

 
To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action. – Michael Hanson

  
Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus. – Oprah Winfrey

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