Favorite Inspiring Quotes
Reach Your Goals
Commentary by Peter Shepherd

“Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk.” ~ J.C. Penney
If you don't reach your goal, it really doesn't matter... It's what you learn along the way, and the creativity that you express, that makes it all worthwhile. To have no goal in life, to not even try, now that would be sad.
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ~ Buckminster Fuller
A crystal clear vision inspires and energizes the path of least resistance to your goal. Your current abilities and having are irrelevant to you being able to start creating; that's where you're going and you now - with that empowering vision - have the energy to work through any barriers, and acquire any necessary skills and resources along the way.
“Strong ideas, loosely held. That's the path to success.” ~ John Gruber
If we follow a path too single-mindedly, we can fail to see if it's leading the wrong way. Be determined but always retain an open mind; there may be a better way to arrive at your goal, or indeed, a better destination.

Article about coping with a major loss...
Goals are very important in life. They help you achieve great results. Having a goal is tantamount to making a promise to yourself. However, many make goals and forget a main ingredient: passion. Passion is the gas that runs the engine that manifests our goals. Many people set goals and do not believe that they will attain them. This lack of attainment is simply the lack of structure for attainment. Continues...