1. goal - Noun
2. goal - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe goal is to rise spiritually, not simply to avoid sin. Paisios of Mount Athos
The goal of human freedom is not in freedom itself, nor it is in man, but in God. By giving man freedom, God has yielded to man a piece of His Divine authority, but with the intention that man himself would voluntarily bring it as a sacrifice to God, a most perfect offering. Theophan the Recluse
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. Stephen Hawking
Before you can score, you must first have a goal. Greek Proverb
You may adopt an indirect approach to reach your goal. Kashmir Proverb
Having a goal is just a dream with a deadline. African Proverb