The Vision Quotes

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.

The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.

My idea is to bring happiness, respect, vision, poetry, surrealism and magic [to design].

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Space has a way of looking. It seems like it has a presence of vision. When you come into it, it is there, it’s been waiting for you.

The supreme need in every hour of difficulty and distress is for a fresh vision of God. Seeing Him, all else takes on proper perspective and proportion.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.

The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.

The guitar is your first wings. It's assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.

Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people.

You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen your vision as a global citizen.

The man don't make the vision; the vision makes the man.

We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality

The blindness that opens the eye is not the one that darkens vision. Tears and not sight are the essence of the eye.

The empathic understanding of the experience of other human beings is as basic an endowment of man as his vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell

The gull sees farthest who flies highest

The freedom from something is not true freedom. The freedom to do anything you want to do is also not the freedom I am talking about. My vision of freedom is to be yourself.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.

Life is sentimental. Why should I be cold and hard about it? That's the main content. The biggest thing in people's lives is their loves and dreams and visions, you know.

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.

It's not just enough to change the players. We've gotta change the game.

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.

A different language is a different vision of life.

If you create a vision for yourself, and stick with it, you can make amazing things happen in your life.

To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.

My vision is a future for humanity where we will be completely free to pursue activities outside of our planet.

The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.

My work isn't about form. It's about seeing. I'm excited about seeing things, and I'm interested in the way I think other people see things.

Vision is knowing who you are, where you're going, and what will guide your journey.

abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.

Leadership is building a bridge that connects the vision with the purpose, in order to empower those who are around us.

Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress.

The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding documents. Their vision for us was a Republic and limited government.

Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

What we're seeing early on is Democrats rallying around Al Gore, Republicans rallying around George Bush and the difficulty of anybody else to get any room in the race.

The left takes its vision seriously - more seriously than it takes the rights of other people. They want to be our shepherds. But that requires us to be sheep.

If you don't have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past.

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

Believe in yourself and have confidence that you can compete against all odds. Have a vision of what you'd like to accomplish and be able to articulate that vision.

What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited.

The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it.