Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical.

Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.

Here's other quotes and sayings you can motivate yourself with. Practice only makes for improvement.

Your dream was given to you. If someone else can't see it for you, that's fine, it was given to you and not them. It's your dream. Hold it. Nourish it. Cultivate it!

In the prosperous times, you put it in your pocket; in the lean times, you put it in your heart and that's when you discover who you are.

When it comes to success, it will come when it comes. A delay does not mean a denial.

Give yourself a break. Stop beating yourself up! Everyone makes mistakes, has setbacks and failures. You don't come with a book on how to get it right all the time. You will fail sometimes, not because you planned to, but simply because you're human. Failure is a part of creating a great life. Stand up to it and handle it with grace. Because, you can.