Vision Quotes - Page 3

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Women, Sight

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A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

Ovid

Leadership, Empowering Others, Born Leaders

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Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.

John Peter Zenger

Leadership, Weakness, Absence

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I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.

Warren G. Bennis

Leadership, Labels, Born Leaders

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A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.

John J. Pershing

Leadership, Troops, Poor

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You can have fantasies about having control over the world, but I know I can barely control my kitchen sink. That is the grace I'm given. Because when one can control things, one is limited to one's own vision.

Kiki Smith

Grace, Kitchen, World

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People came at me with all sorts of offers, wanting to make me into a hard-core Cher. I had no desire for any amount of money to be reformed for someone's vision, because in the end, that's what you got: your clay in someone else's hands.

Patti Smith

Hands, People, Desire

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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

Shunryu Suzuki

Inspirational, Teaching, Imagination

Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.2, Shambhala Publications

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Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such

Henry Miller

Inspirational, Life, Moving On

Henry Miller (1959). “The Henry Miller Reader”, p.356, New Directions Publishing

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Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Leadership, People

"Created for Excellence : 12 keys to Godly Success". Book by Kevin Baerg (p. 25), 1996.

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Bit by bit, putting it together... Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, Every little detail plays a part. Having just the vision's no solution, Everything depends on execution, Putting it together, that's what counts.

Stephen Sondheim

Art, Play, Together

Performing Arts Journal Inc, James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim (1986). “Wordplays 5: An Anthology of New American Drama”, Paj Publication

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A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.

Neil Peart

Dream, Spirit, Missions

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Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it’s difficult to score.

Paul Arden

Goal, Want, Assets

"It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be". Book by Paul Arden, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2003.

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With vision there is no room to be frightened. No reason for intimidation. It's time to march forward! Let's be confident and positive!

Charles R. Swindoll

Positive, Spring, Rooms

Bill Hybels, Life work journal, Charles R. Swindoll, Larry Burkett (2000). “The Life@work Book”, W Publishing Group

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The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Ken Blanchard

Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

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A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.

William James

Inspirational, Change, Dream

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We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

Khalil Gibran

Ability

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If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.

Steve Jobs

Inspirational, Leadership, Care

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Vision is seeing a future state with the mind's eye. Vision is applied imagination.

Stephen Covey

Eye, Imagination, Mind

Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Henry David Thoreau

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.87, BookBaby

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When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.

Charles R. Swindoll

Thinking, Mind, Majority

Bill Hybels, Life work journal, Charles R. Swindoll, Larry Burkett (2000). “The Life@work Book”, W Publishing Group

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We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Anais Nin

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

William James

Motivational, Inspiring, Attitude

"American Treasury, 1455 - 1955". Book by Clifton Fadimany, 1455 - 1955, 1955.

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We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.

Barbara Jordan

Positive, Believe, Reality

1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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Talent is the No. 1 priority for a CEO. You think it's about vision and strategy, but you have to get the right people first.

Andrea Jung

Thinking, People, Priorities

"Avon CEO Andrea Jung's advice: Reinvent yourself". ABC NEWS interview, abcnews.go.com. June 14, 2009.

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