Knowing What You Want Quotes

The first secret of getting what you want is knowing what you want.

True power arises in knowing what you want, knowing what you don’t want, expressing it clearly and lovingly without attachment to the outcome.

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.

If you don’t know what you want, you will probably never get it.

You do not get what you want. You get what you negotiate.

Everything’s in the mind. That’s where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.

I think the reason that a lot of people have to have a lot of people around is just about being smart and knowing what you want to talk about.

Success is what you envisage it to be. You have to go into any profession knowing what you want because people will place expectations on you and their idea of success could taint yours.

I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader.

You don’t get what you want. You get what you are.

One of the joys of being in love is that it clarifies your priorities. Complication arises from not knowing what you want.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

There’s nothing wrong with knowing what you want and going after it.

With documentaries, you go in with an open-mind but knowing what you want.

You don’t want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.

If you don’t know what you want to do, it’s harder to do it.

Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus.