Objectives Quotations

Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means.

Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds.

Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective.

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

I don't have an objective overview of Black Sunday.

At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means.

One of my major objectives is to build a long-term enterprise, to build shareholder value over time.

Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.

If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing.

It's my belief that by demonizing Saddam, by raising the stakes in this war to the point where we're talking about a great moral crusade, that Bush in fact planted the seeds of discontent in the country, because this was fundamentally a limited war with limited objectives and with limited gains.

And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable.

Never underestimate the ability of political leaders to misread history on a monumental scale. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have both served to hasten western decline: they have both failed to achieve their objectives and in the process demonstrated an underlying western impotence.

Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.

But when you're in something together, it's very hard to be objective and you're very subjective.

I think one key part of doing more with less is to be more strategic, to realize what the objectives you're truly trying to accomplish are and then to drive with greater focus towards those objectives.

Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.

Movies, by nature, are not subjective, they're objective.

I think a good relationship that Mexico could maintain with the United States and vice versa should be based on trust, on opening - openness and constant dialogue that would allow us essentially to define, share objectives and to work towards those so as to avoid activities which are not known to the other government.

I tend to pick objectives that I feel are safe because I know that, in the moment, I always go for it. I have some rules for myself, though: Look for the rock faces without a lot of loose rock. Always rope up on glaciers where there is even a slight chance of falling into a crevasse. No pure free soloing. Never climb below hanging glaciers.

There are specific things in our world that are incredibly dangerous. Wingsuit BASE jumping is the very, very top of that. Big alpine climbing objectives are maybe right below that. I've probably had 20 friends die - people who were pretty close to me. I would say about 18 of them were because of snow.

That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which lend to be similar.

Wars without military objectives have a tendency to go on forever.

I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand.

I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective.

The Grameen Bank Ordinance with amendments up to 2008 is a beautiful legal structure for the fulfillment of the ideals and objectives of the bank. Any change in this structure will be devastating for the bank.

Secularism does not accept many things as absolutes. Its principal objectives are pleasure and self-interest. Often, those who embrace secularism have a different look about them.

Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives when I became Chairman in February 2006.

must set clear objectives and develop a strategy to achieve them.

One of the committees' primary objectives over the last few years has been to increase the transparency and understanding regarding the process of selecting teams for the tournament. We think that announcing the results of the RPI ranking on a weekly basis has its benefits.

One of the principle objectives of the terrorists is to divide us, one from another. So far ... they have failed in that objective. It's important that they continue to fail in that objective. That's why we believe it is so important that we approach these difficult issues in a spirit of consensus, with the objective of reaching agreement wherever we possibly can.

One of the objectives I have set for the side is to win back the respect of the rest of the league. We are getting it back little by little and we hope to put the club back where we want it to be soon.

One of the objectives of a studio is having the students get involved and understand the workings of a community, and integrate that with landscape architectural design ideas. It was a perfect fit to expose the students to the community process for position making, to have them develop ideas based on thorough analysis of the city and its contexts, and then come with a series of proposals that was then presented to the city of Sweetwater.

One of the objectives of the Forest Service was to get (the bridge) on the ground so other people could look at it and possibly build one.

One of our objectives for the new college is to make it a real campus,

One of our objectives under our mission of encouraging millions of Americans to pray for the President is to enhance the prayer experience of the individual member or visitor. We remind them to pray every day.

One of our objectives will be to put a chemical plant on Mars

One of our primary objectives is to bring HOMELAND SECURITY CORPORATION to a fully reporting status. Further, it is our intent to move forward with our sales and marketing plan for 2006 and develop strategic alliances in the government security sector. These actions underline the commitment to build shareholder equity and confidence.

NATO's resolve to continue this operation until our objectives are met remains absolute.

I have decided to call an end to my career. I have achieved all the objectives and dreams I set myself.

Leaders can express the values that hold the society together. Most important, they can conceive and articulate goals that life people out of their petty preoccupations, carry them above the conflicts that tear a society apart, and unite them in the pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts.

Lower cost of ownership, higher business performance and greater productivity for open source customers are our main objectives in launching the Spike Certification Program. End users running their trusted open source applications on certified and maintained stacks will ultimately enjoy decreased costs.

Sharon wants to maintain the current political status quo so as to accomplish his objectives out of the pullout from Gaza, including boosting settlement construction, and completing the apartheid, separation wall in the West Bank, particularly around the occupied city of Jerusalem.

So far, we have achieved our objectives on or ahead of schedule,

Significant as it was, it was a temporary setback. We do believe that in the medium-to long-term we are on track to get to our objectives in the United States.

The Prime Minister said earlier in the year that his objectives were domestic demand-led growth and I think he's taken very important and very constructive steps in that direction and we very much welcome them,

The only index by which to judge a government or a way of life is by the quality of the people it acts upon. No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion- it is an evil government.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

Gaining more experience on asphalt is one of Chris's development objectives this year. The challenging stages in Ireland will be great practice for him. He needs all the asphalt experience he can get but, in particular, coming from sunny Australia, he hasn't had many chances to drive in the wet - that shouldn't be a problem in Ireland!

I came to listen and explore ways and means of intensifying the diplomatic efforts and try to achieve the objectives that have been set,

I get tired of hearing people, well-meaning people, talking about African-American kids or Hispanic kids as if they're all the same. Which isn't true. There is a very diverse group of people in both groups in terms of income, objectives in life, aspirations, cultural wants, habits, all the things that make us unique Americans.

Global Crossing has always been a great business partner to us. They've helped us understand how converging voice and data would help meet our company's growth objectives while saving us money -- and indeed, our response times have improved, reliability has beaten expectations and costs have come down. We look forward to continuing a rewarding relationship with Global Crossing.

IBM recognizes that our customers need more than just email for their collaboration needs -- as a result, IBM has evolved Lotus Notes and Domino forward as an extensive platform built to meet the business objectives of a wide variety of corporate communities, including end-users, IT administrators, application developers and the CFOs office, ... Today, tens of thousands of customers are relying on Lotus Notes and Domino to help drive their overall business, so weve built Lotus Notes and Domino 7 with capabilities that can increase productivity from the organizational level down to individual knowledge workers.

Carly was trying to drive revenue growth, and she was bleeding the printer business by using the higher profits in that business to fund unprofitable growth everywhere else. (Hurd) has dialed back the sales growth objectives and focused those units on operating more efficiently.

Based on the robust results, we are are confident of achieving our full-year objectives for new record sales and earnings.

I look forward to working with Gen. Powell and President-elect Bush in a bipartisan manner to ensure that America's foreign policy objectives are met.

We met all but one of our objectives on both the offensive and defensive lists. As I told the girls, if we can control the number of walks and errors in every game, then we'll be in every game with a chance to win and that's our goal for this year.

If that is what Belgrade accepts, then we do have a good basis for securing the objectives of our campaign,

If such an oil shock occurred, the risk of a hard landing would increase. Fed officials would be faced with conflicting objectives -- on one hand offsetting the restraint exerted by higher oil prices on economic activity, and on the other hand keeping inflationary expectations in check.

If the government does not have a majority (in Congress), getting its tax objectives and other measures approved would not be so easy.

History records the successes of men with objectives and a sense of direction. Oblivion is the position of small men overwhelmed by obstacles.

He needs to give us first of all the estimate of what that cost is going to be, why we are there, when we are going to get out and what are the situations or objectives that allow to get out of there,

We think (Ford) plans to be more aggressive with design and technology in its vehicles, to be faster in the refreshing of its vehicle lineup and to make added cost cuts that will help improve financial performance over the rest of the decade. However, we do not believe the restructuring will meet all of Ford's objectives and we think that not all benefits will accrue to the bottom line.

Joe has demonstrated great ability in communicating the system objectives of our researchers and developers to our traders. As we continue to expand our proprietary product offering, this will be instrumental in ensuring that our day-to-day trading operations personnel understand our objectives so we maintain exceptional performance levels.

Like I told the crew, the objectives this week are to be safe and have fun. However, I'd be lying if I told you we weren't competitive. We're here to sail the boat hard and see if we can win.

Success with money, family, relationships, health, and careers is the ability to reach your personal objectives in the shortest time, with the least effort and with the fewest mistakes. The goals you set for yourself and the strategies you choose become your blueprint or plan. Strategies are like recipes: choose the right ingredients, mix them in the correct proportions, and you will always produce the same predictable results: in this case financial success. The success strategies for managing money and building wealth are called Money Strategies. By learning to use money strategies as a part of your day-to-day life, financial frustration and failure will become a thing of the past.

Our local redevelopment authority is going to get together very shortly, and they're going to have to set some goals and objectives about what they want done.

Our objectives are clear. Our forces are strong, and our cause is right.

Our objectives are one and the same, ... If the protesters took a moment to understand what we do then they might view our cause a little differently.

Our objectives during the spring season are quite different than during our fall championship campaign. We are focused on helping each player improve her game and trying some new things. I felt we were successful on both counts last weekend.

I will celebrate, but I know new goals and objectives will come and I am ready to take them.

I think we should talk about what the objectives of the party are, whether that's restoring the Clause Four as it was originally written or it's a different one, but I think we shouldn't shy away from public participation, public investment in industry, and public control of the railways.

I think this is consistent with what we've stated our objectives are in developing and sustaining an exciting team.

J.R. is a valuable member of this team and someone that we have hopes for. Our hope is that he continues to develop, continues to improve and is approaching this final stretch of the season with the objectives of making a difference and with the objectives of being a part of this team and helping it get better.

I think there is no divide today between the U.S. and Europe as far as the main objectives of Iraq,

Repeating as Central Division champions is one of our major objectives for the coming year and we have a solid nucleus of players that knows what it takes to make that happen. There isn't a player on this team that won't go out of their way to help a teammate in need, to accomplish that goal. It is the Thunder way.

Our plan focuses on our key business objectives ? growing readership in our print and electronic publications with great local content and providing our advertising partners with easy access to the large and varied audiences our titles and Web sites attract.

I think one of the objectives of any professional organization is to find diamonds in the rough, what they affectionately call 'sleepers,' somebody that no one else knows about. Jai Lewis is as talented an athlete as I've ever been around. His hand quickness and foot quickness are incredible.

I still maintain that it ought to be short because any prolonging of the operation is not in the interests of anybody, not even the United States, ... One can only hope and wish that the military objectives are achieved, and it remains as short as possible.

I think that my job is more to set direction, define objectives and develop strategies for reaching them, ... One takes account of the various constituencies in both shaping that agenda and persuading people about it, but if the primary goal were just balancing off the different interests of people, that would make the job pretty uninteresting.

We not only discuss the overall direction for next fiscal year, we come up with objectives to meet those goals. The goals haven't changed dramatically over the last few years, it's really the objectives that change more.

We have three main objectives we consider necessary for victory. We must create a tempo we can win with....we must be patient and make every shot count....and we must contend for every rebound despite our lack of size.

Though they campaigned under different platforms, they had some very similar ideas. One of Griffin's main objectives is to create an annual large-scale RHA event -- Meg has wanted to do that as well.

We're very pleased with our performance for the year, which marks another solid year for Sybase. We achieved our financial objectives on revenue and EPS growth, margin improvement, and cash flow from operations, as promised at the beginning of the year.

We have two objectives for the 500 -- the first is to have a good solid run. And the second is to put the Ginn Clubs & Resorts car in position to win the race during the closing laps.

My comfort zone is like a little bubble around me, and I've pushed it in different directions and made it bigger and bigger until these objectives that seemed totally crazy eventually fall within the realm of the possible.

We came up with certain objectives and in order to drive those critical success factors, we decided we needed to raise the level of administration to take the JCA to be a more efficient and professional unit, ... we have always employed a CEO based on cricket knowledge and not business knowledge. We decided to shift the focus of who ran the business side of the game.

We do not believe the restructuring will meet all of Ford's objectives and we think that not all benefits will accrue to the bottom line.

We were looking for the same objectives that the baseball writers and the veterans committee look for -- longevity, an outstanding career and character.

We proudly welcome Global Entertainment Corporation to the American Stock Exchange. We hope to provide the company with the type of assistance it needs to meet its objectives in the marketplace.

We believe these types of claims cannot be litigated on a class-wide basis. In deciding whether to reimburse, each third-party payer had different business objectives and, in meeting those objectives, considered and relied on different information, at different times, regarding different patients with different medical histories.

We will achieve our 2004 earnings objectives despite a tough competitive environment,

We had to take the difficult step today of conducting involuntary separations because we weren't able to meet our cost-cutting objectives solely through voluntary separations,

We had two objectives from the very beginning: No. 1, to get a strong WTO accession agreement that's good for the United States, and No. 2, to handle it in such a way as to have the highest probability of success in Congress,

We've made excellent progress toward achieving our strategic objectives during our first full year since the leveraged buyout that took place in late October 2004.

We've moved very deliberately. The program is both structured and measurable. Accountability is essential, so the companies and mentors must agree on measurable objectives for their work together. Quarterly progress reviews and other assessments keep the businesses on track.

We encourage all our dealers to satisfy their objectives and (create) a good relationship in the community.

We've seen the quality of these other players. I think they play with other objectives in mind than we do. One thing that separates us from them is the unity we have on our team.

I will stop at nothing to reach my objective, but only because my brakes are defective.

We are pleased that Thomas Equipment Incorporated has chosen to list at the American Stock Exchange. We hope the company will find our services useful as it strives to meet its objectives in the marketplace.

We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy and enable our own operations.