When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable
Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
I mean maybe I was holding all the aces, but what was the game?
People without clear vision are easily distracted, have a tendency to drift from one idea to another and often make foolish decisions that rob them of their dreams.
If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.
Growing up, I didn't know where I was headed, except to the grave or maybe to the gutter. I went through wanting to do a lot of things, but acting wasn't one of them.
A lot of people don't know what they want, you know, or they're just kind of vague about it.
We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled. The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached.
The American people can have anything they want; the trouble is they don't know what they want.
How can I fail when I have no purpose?
I think projects often fail because people do not have a clear understanding at the start what they are trying to deliver.
The mark of a bad leader is not to make the wrong decision. It is to make no decision at all.
People don't know what they are doing most of the time. They don't know what they want. It's only in 'the movies' that they know what their problems are and have game plans to deal with them.
Passion without focus can lead you astray.
When I graduated from Brown, I had a very limited conception of jobs, careers, and what I wanted to do. Basically, I figured I should do some kind of thought work that paid well, but I wasn't sure what.
All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.
I knew I was a writer; I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't know what to write.
In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
I don't even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it.
Indecision may or may not be my problem.
So much of the agenda behind Brexit has been murky.
Sometimes, we just don't know enough about what we are trying to achieve.
You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.
Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.
I was in college that first semester, and I was like, 'Wow, this isn't who I am. This isn't what I want to do.' I was like, 'Oh God, I'm going to have to go out and make something of myself, and I have no clue what that is.'
