“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.”

-Thomas Carlyle

What this quote is saying is that if you do not have any of your goals written down, or you do not know what you are doing, then you will be lost like a boat. For example, a boat must need a rudder so that it can be able to guide to the boat to a destination. If someone decides to go somewhere, but they do not know what they are doing, then they will be lost. To add on, it can also relate with a relationship. If no one is putting effort to the relationship, then that is like a ship without rudder. It will go nowhere, and they will get lost and hurt. As you can see, this is why this quote is very important. It can be literally or figuratively. To add on, this quote is also saying that if you do not have any goals, then you will not have anything to accomplish, or anywhere to go. This is why this quote is very important, because it teaches us to always have a goal, or destination, to know where we want to go in life, and not be lost. This is why this quote is very important.

“If I’ve got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I’m going to succeed.”

-Dan Dierdorf

What this quote means to me is that you always have to keep your goals, and accomplish them. If you have many goals, and you accomplish them, then everything falls into line, just like this quote says. To add on, if you always do what is right, then that means that you will succeed. This is why it is important to always do what is right. For example, if you actually study for a test, and you do not cheat, then that is doing what is right, and that will make you succeed. You will get a good score, and it will be worth it. To add on, another job can be at work. If you always do your job correctly, then you will be put in a higher level. You may be a worker to a manager. Another example can be if you decide to do what is wrong, then you might end up in jail or something depending on what you did. This shows the difference between what doing the right can lean to, and what doing the wrong can lead to.This is why you always have to do what is right, because then it will fall into place. This is why this quote is very important to know about. To add on, this quote is also saying that if you have goals that you want to achieve, then you can make it happen. You just have to believe that it will happen, and you will see that everything will fall into place just like the quote says. This is why i think that this quote is very important, because it teaches you to always have goals, because it is possible, and to always do what is right to be able to succeed.

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."

-Charles Ketterer

What this quote means to me is that there are many ways that you can predict you future. For example, you can get a journal, to be able to write down many goals, just like we do here in class. I think that this is a very good idea because that way you know what you are striving for, It is a good thing to do because that way you will know what you still need to accomplish, and what you have already accomplished. This is one way to be able to predict your future. You are able to predict your future because you are able to write down what you want to do when you grow up. Another way to predict your future is to do it in reality, little by little. When you want to accomplish something, you will not accomplish it at that same moment. It will take a lot of time to accomplish something that you want to do. You can start accomplishing your goals piece by piece. This is veyr important because that way you will be able to accomplish you goals now, one time at a time. This is one way to actually see you future. If you do this, you will be able to accomplish goals after goals, which means victory after victory. This is very important because you will be able to accomplish what you want to do now. Maybe you will accomplish goals without you even knowing, and that will be great. Another thing that you can do is write in a diary, which is similar to the first one. You will be able to mentally see your goals. If you do write down your goals in a diary, you will also be able to keep track of what you have completed. This is another way that you can predict your future, because you know that one day you will accomplish it. 

Chris Paul

Chris Paul was a normal teenage boy who loved basketball. He was a really good player, because that was what he loved. He went to West Forsyth High school. One day he got offered a full Basketball scholarship, to Wake Forest University, and of course he accepted it. The day after he signed the contract, they got the terrible news that his grandpa has been killed outside his house. Of course it was a very hard thing because his grandpa was always there to support him in his games. He was the person that would always get there on time to not miss a thing. After he passed away, Chris was going to play a game, where he thought that he should score a point for every year this his grandpa lived. That would be 61 points. At first, he thought that it was impossible, and that he would not be able to do it. After thinking about it, he thought “why not” and he went for it. Of course some people did not believe that he would be able to do it, but at the end he accomplished it. All of his hard work had payed off. He was obviously tired, but more than happy to have been able to complete his goal. This shows us how we should always go for what we want, and never give up because it is always possible.

“In life as in football, you won’t go far, unless you know where the goalpost are”.

-Arnold H. Glasgow

What this quote means to me is that you need to know what you want to accomplish first, to be able to accomplish it. For example, in football, you need to know where the goalpost are, in order to make a touchdown. On the other hand, if you do not know where they are at, then you will not know which direction to go to. You will be confused because you do not know what you are doing. This can be applied to life because if you know what your goals are, and you have them written down, then you will know what you want in life. You will know which way to go in life, and you will not be confused because you will know what you are doing. This is why i think that this is important, because if you do not write your goals down, then you will not know what you want to achieve, or when you do achieve something, you will not remember because you did not write it down. To add on, you have to dream big and make sure that you accomplish what you want. This is why it is very important to always write down what you want to accomplish in life. This is why i think that this is a very important quote. This is also another reason why having a life planning journal comes in handy and is useful.