Absence Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.

— Mary Kay Ash

To proportion the eagerness of contest to its importance seems too hard a task for human wisdom. The pride of wit has kept ages…

— Samuel Johnson

Without making a fetish of goal setting, and without letting "lists" of tasks we desire to do dominate us, some recording of goals is…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Why is it trivia? People call it trivia because they know nothing and they are embarrassed about it.

— Robbie Coltrane

It stands to reason that if we direct all our efforts towards reaching a goal, we stand in grave danger of losing everything on…

— Viola Spolin

Once you have been confronted with a life-and-death situation, trivia no longer matters. Your perspective grows and you live at a deeper level. There's…

— Happy Rockefeller

It is in the very heart of our activity that we search for our goal.

— Rabindranath Tagore

Beneath our frantic activities, there's a deep desire to show the world we are worthwhile.

— Henri Nouwen

Unfortunately, sometimes you can't have fun accomplishing your goals. Sometimes people don't have the determination, the will, the steadfastness, the tenacity, they give in…

— Mike Tyson

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past…

— Ethel Barrymore

“We spend the majority of our lives within the “process” phases of different activities, and only ever-fleeting moments do we bask in the glory…

— K. Chayne

“Rewards of the Self Finally, there are the variable rewards we seek for a more personal form of gratification. We are driven to conquer…

— Nir Eyal