"In life as in football, you won't go far, unless you know where the goalposts are"- Arnold H. Glasgow
In my personal opinion Arnold is right because he is using symbol figurative language. Where the goalposts in a game are a symbol of the end mark of that time period of success that you were working hard to achieve. For instance, in an actual game of soccer or any given sport you work hard, you sweat, and make plays so you can score, to show all your blood and sweat has payed off. And if you score then chances are that you are going to want to score another goal because you like the feeling of it so you do it all again. But the other team knows a bit more of how you play so they make it more challenging for you to score another goal on them. And that's when you change the plays around and learn new strategies and new ways to score the goal. Another example is the opposite where you don't have a given goal short or long term and you just go with the flow and go through the task or life with not mindset of a goal. Which can lead to failure or success, mainly failure. But as Arnold H. Glasgow states in his quote that you can go far if you don't know where the goalposts are. And he is right so choose the right and stay on the path to success.
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