Norbert Wiener Quotes

The big thing is that you know what you want.

You must always know what it is that you want.

I know where my priorities lie.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.

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.

You've got to have a vision. You've got to have a message.

You need to cultivate your passion and crystallize your vision. If you don't know where you're going, how are you going to plan a road-map for how to get there?

Don't get too comfortable. We are here for a certain period of time, and how much of your life are you gonna choose to spend with distractions? How do you make your choices? What is important?

If you don't have a vision, you can never be focused in a direction.

Priorities and purpose help keep us on track.

A dozen times a day we come to a fork in the road and must decide which way we will go. It is important to get our ultimate objectives clearly in mind so that we do not become distracted at each fork in the road by the irrelevant questions: Which is the easier or more pleasant way? Or, Which way are others going?

Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful.

Concentrate on the things that matter to you.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

It's one thing to really dream and have a vision and want all these cool things, but it's a whole other thing when you actually have wisdom and understand things. Then you can truly make the best decisions.

Knowing where you're going is all you need to get there.

I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.

It's a matter of choosing what is most important to you and putting that first. Once you have recognized your true purpose in life, this becomes much easier.

Leaders set a very clear path every day, in a thousand different ways, of what the people must attend to, inhibit, and keep it current in front of them.