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3. “When someone is seeking, it happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything, because he is only thinking of the thing he is seeking, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.”
Hermann Hesse
Seeking, Finding, Goal, Spiritual Insight, Open-mindedness, Non-attachment
4. “Siddhartha does nothing, he waits, he thinks, he fasts, but he passes through the things of the world like a rock through water, without doing anything, without stirring; he is drawn, he lets himself fall. His goal attracts him, because he doesn't let anything enter his soul which might oppose the goal.” Hermann Hesse Siddhartha, Goal, Soul, Spiritual Journey, Non-attachment, Focused Determination
7. “Utterly sure of himself, convinced of his power, certain that the laws that governed other men couldn’t touch him, he made straight for any goal he set himself, however rarified and dazzling, even if it were folly for anyone else to even consider it.” Alexandre Dumas Self Conviction, Dazzling Goal, Untouchable Ambition, Conviction, Goal, Ambition
8. “The principle is simple and must be engraved deeply in your mind: the goal of an apprenticeship is not money, a good position, a title, or a diploma, but rather the transformation of your mind and character – the first transformation on the way to mastery.” Robert Greene Mind Transformation, Apprenticeship Goal, Character Growth, Transformation, Goal, Growth
13. “The more you practice discipline, the stronger it becomes. Discipline is the engine that drives success. Self-discipline is the ability to control your thoughts and actions in order to achieve your goals.” Daniel Walter Discipline Practice, Self-control, Mental Strength, Success, Goal, Achievement
23. “The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it has no meaning.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery Effort Persistence, Journey, Goal, Achievement, Illusion, Progress
26. “What stops them is that as soon as they give the word “end” its double meaning of goal and fulfillment they clearly perceive this ambiguity of their condition, which is the most fundamental of all: that every living movement is a sliding toward death. But if they are willing to look it in the face they also discover that every movement toward death is life.” Simone de Beauvoir Death Reflection, Life Movement, Philosophical Ambiguity, Goal, Acceptance
Goal Quotes by Famous Authors
3. “When someone is seeking, it happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything, because he is only thinking of the thing he is seeking, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.”
Hermann Hesse Seeking, Finding, Goal, Spiritual Insight, Open-mindedness, Non-attachment
4. “Siddhartha does nothing, he waits, he thinks, he fasts, but he passes through the things of the world like a rock through water, without doing anything, without stirring; he is drawn, he lets himself fall. His goal attracts him, because he doesn't let anything enter his soul which might oppose the goal.”
Hermann Hesse Siddhartha, Goal, Soul, Spiritual Journey, Non-attachment, Focused Determination
7. “Utterly sure of himself, convinced of his power, certain that the laws that governed other men couldn’t touch him, he made straight for any goal he set himself, however rarified and dazzling, even if it were folly for anyone else to even consider it.”
Alexandre Dumas Self Conviction, Dazzling Goal, Untouchable Ambition, Conviction, Goal, Ambition
8. “The principle is simple and must be engraved deeply in your mind: the goal of an apprenticeship is not money, a good position, a title, or a diploma, but rather the transformation of your mind and character – the first transformation on the way to mastery.”
Robert Greene Mind Transformation, Apprenticeship Goal, Character Growth, Transformation, Goal, Growth
13. “The more you practice discipline, the stronger it becomes. Discipline is the engine that drives success. Self-discipline is the ability to control your thoughts and actions in order to achieve your goals.”
Daniel Walter Discipline Practice, Self-control, Mental Strength, Success, Goal, Achievement
23. “The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it has no meaning.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery Effort Persistence, Journey, Goal, Achievement, Illusion, Progress
26. “What stops them is that as soon as they give the word “end” its double meaning of goal and fulfillment they clearly perceive this ambiguity of their condition, which is the most fundamental of all: that every living movement is a sliding toward death. But if they are willing to look it in the face they also discover that every movement toward death is life.”
Simone de Beauvoir Death Reflection, Life Movement, Philosophical Ambiguity, Goal, Acceptance
