"A
man without a
goal is like a ship without a rudder." Thomas Carlyle. The rudder determines what direction the ship will go. So, without a rudder, the ship could go in any direction. Thus, a ship without a rudder is lost; a man without a goal is lost.
Without a goal, a man (or woman) has no key direction, no purpose for getting out of bed. We have our work or our schooling to go to. We join friends or families at meal time. But, a goal is that excitement, that pizzazz...