Saul Bellow Quotes

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

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• It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.

  

  Dan Deacon
  • Time
  • Never
  • Goal

• The goal of Dr. Martin Luther King is to give Negroes a chance to sit in a segregated restaurant beside the same white man who had brutalized them for 400 years.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Man
  • Chance
  • Goal

• The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it.

  

  Tao Lin
  • People
  • Goal
  • Advice

• Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Long
  • Goal
  • President

• I still get rejections - frequently - and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, but simply to succeed more often than I don't. And in order to do that, I have to constantly put myself out there, to judgment, critique, and rejection.

  

  V. E. Schwab
  • Myself
  • Goal
  • Succeed

• It was never my goal to be an actor.

  

  Rachel Hurd-Wood
  • Never
  • Goal
  • Actor

• I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.

  

  Lamar Alexander
  • Country
  • Health
  • Goal

• By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive - and that precludes everything.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Nature
  • Goal
  • Survive

• Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Goal
  • Being
  • Gentleman

• I spent a lot of time doing really unimportant work as an actor. It was important when I started writing that I obviously make it entertaining, or no one is going to go see it - but to really make you think, that is my goal.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Time
  • Work
  • Important

• I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

  

  Eden Phillpotts
  • Money
  • Never
  • Goal

• I do have a priority in my house, and that is I want my kids to be healthy, and if I give them the right food, I am headed consistently toward that goal.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Kids
  • House
  • Food

• I want my opponents to look at me across the net and just not want to play me because I look so fit and amazing and strong. So that's always my goal.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Strong
  • Amazing
  • Goal

• I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Great
  • Writing

• Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Work
  • Stop
  • Practice

• When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was my goal.

  

  Adam Beach
  • Movie
  • Goal
  • Acting

• I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Football
  • Like
  • Goal

• I like David Beckham just because of his lifestyle. He don't ever need to score another goal again. How many times has he been on the cover of GQ?

  

  Wale
  • Goal
  • Need
  • Lifestyle

• My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future. From my early days with Destiny's Child, I understood I had to be focused and dedicated if I wanted true success. We were taught we needed a plan and the discipline to execute that plan to the fullest. I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done but keep trying.

  

  Beyonce Destiny's Child
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Children

• WARNING Any Relationship to any historical fact WHATSOEVER is entirely coincidental. You have been WARNED

  

  Cressida Cowell
  • Relationship
  • Whatsoever
  • Warned

• Merlin’s beard, Harry, you made me jump,” said Slughorn, stopping dead in his tracks and looking wary. “How did you get out of the castle?” “I think Filch must’ve forgotten to lock the doors,” said Harry cheerfully, and was delighted to see Slughorn scowl.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Thinking
  • Jump
  • Doors

• Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • Life
  • Long
  • Preparation

• Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

  

  Saul Bellow
  • Goal
  • Steps