Deciding What You Want Quotes

• The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

  Ben Stein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Ben Stein (2010). “How Successful People Win: Using Bunkhouse Logic to Get What You Want in Life”, p.18, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Inspire

  "What Higher Education Can Learn From Steve Jobs" byBrian Rosenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2011.

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• If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.

  Russell Simmons

  Successful, Giving, Wake Up

  "Hip-hop philosopher". Interview with Lisa-Marie Klimas, www.seventeen.com. February 22, 2007.

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• It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want.

  Alexandra Potter

  Getting What You Want, Hard, Want

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• I am awaiting the day when people remember the fact that discovery does not work by deciding what you want and then discovering it.

  David Mermin

  Discovery, People, Doe

  N. David Mermin (2016). “Why Quark Rhymes with Pork: And Other Scientific Diversions”, p.184, Cambridge University Press

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• People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.

  Mark Thomas

  Fighting, Years, People

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• And so then, keep on growing, My son. Keep on becoming. And keep on deciding what you want to become in the next highest version of your Self. Keep on working toward that. Keep on! Keep on! This is God Work we're up to, you and I. So keep on!

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Inspirational, Religious, Son

  Neale Donald Walsch (1996). “Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue”, p.124, Penguin

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