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Definition of Goal
Goal

The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.

The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.

A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.

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Goal Quotations

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was.
James E. Jones

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The goal of all life is death.
Sigmund Freud

A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.
Thurgood Marshall

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.
Bear Bryant

Goal Translations

goal in Afrikaans is oogmerk, doel
goal in Dutch is doelstelling, doel, wit, doelwit, honk
goal in French is but, dessein, dgssein
goal in German is Zielpunkt, tor
goal in Italian is scopo, proposito, stolto, traguardo
goal in Portuguese is alvo, objetivo
goal in Spanish is fin, conato, meta


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