The hardest thing is not doing what you want — it’s knowing what you want.

I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want

We must know who we are, so we can know what we want, so we don’t end up wanting the wrong thing and get it and realize we don’t want it, because by then it is too late.

Understanding what you can do is essential, understanding what you can’t do is pretty important too.

You have to know what you want to ever be able to have it.

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

Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

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

Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there.

I think it's just as important what you say no to as what you say yes to.”

DESIRE — knowing what you want.

Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows 'what he wants,' while he actually wants what he is supposed to want. In order to accept this it is necessary to realize that to know what one really wants is not comparatively easy, as most people think, but one of the most difficult problems any human being has to solve. It is a task we frantically try to avoid by accepting ready-made goals as though they were our own.

You must always know what it is that you want.

Being specific about what you want and how you will achieve it helps you say no to things that derail progress, distract your attention, and pull you off course