“It's important to know what you don't want, but it's vital to know what you DO want.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 152
Speech to the Army ordinance Association (11 October 1939); The Papers of George Catlett Marshall Vol 2 (1986) by the George C. Marshall Foundation http://www.marshallfoundation.org/index.html, Ch. 2 "The Time Factor" <br class="br">Context: You know, I know, all of us know that the time factor is the vital consideration — and vital is the correct meaning of the term — of our national defense program; that we must never be caught in the same situation we found ourselves in 1917.
“It's important to know what you don't want, but it's vital to know what you DO want.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 152
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Four in America (1933)
Dale Carnegie book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Source: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), p. 5
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) American Writer
Session 426, Page 25
The Early Sessions: Sessions 1-42, 1997, The Early Sessions: Book 9
Daniel O'Connell (1775–1847) Irish political leader
Letter to Bishop Doyle, 1831 (O’Connell Correspondence, Vol IV, Letter No. 1860).
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 121
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949) Prime Minister of Vietnam
"Deputy Pm Nguyen Tan Dung Speaks At John Hopkins University" https://vietnamembassy-usa.org/relations/deputy-pm-nguyen-tan-dung-speaks-john-hopkins-university (10 December 2021)
Leanne Wood (1971) Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
General Election: Leanne Wood decides against MP bid https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-39683573, BBC News, 23 April 2017 <br class="br">2017