Anderson Cooper Quotes

Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.

Not just whether but how we find our way truly matters.

Sometimes, the experiences that tell you what you don't want to do are as important as those that tell you what you do want to do.

It's a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you've been to all the places you don't need to be.

See what you can do. See what you want to do. See what you will do about it. Find your way out.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

It's always good to find out what you don't want to do.

In school, you get a limited view of the world. Start working. Find your passion. Take your time doing that. Once you've found what you're passionate about, then lock down. Even if you want to start a business, it's helpful to work, see how other businesses are run.

I allowed myself to think if I could be doing anything in the world, what would I be doing? And what came to mind is I'd be traveling a little bit, I'd be going to classes and I'd be going back to school.

Learning what you don't want is how you know what you do want.

I think any job you do is an opportunity to learn and an opportunity to explore and challenge yourself.

We all have to strive to learn what motivates us, learn from our experiences, and what feels right and what feels wrong. There's a strong component over the years to having formal processes that help to identify lessons that need to be learned, and actions that need to be taken. In other words, how do you find the big idea?

You've just got to know yourself, and know what you're worth, and know where you're going, and know that you can always, always learn more.

Exploring many different avenues, especially setting new challenges, has always fueled my passion for learning something new.

All through my life, when faced with a difficult decision, I always ask myself - where can I learn more. Make the choice to learn.

I plan to venture into direction as well.

You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.

You get to choose what you want, but you must get clear about what you want.

Sometimes you have to wander a bit, and do what you don't want to in order to figure out what it is you're supposed to do.

After so many years it's embarrassing to admit that I don't honestly know how much I want to be directed.

Sometimes the best way to find out what you’re supposed to do is by doing the thing you’re not supposed to do.

My teacher says that everything that you want in the world is one step away, you just have to figure out which direction to step in.

Choice is the only tool we have that enables us to go from who we are today to who we want to be tomorrow.

The choice is yours. You hold the tiller. You can steer the course you choose in the direction of where you want to be - today, tomorrow, or in a distant time to come.

If you don't try things and take risks, you don't really grow and figure out what you want.