We are all visionaries, and what we see is our soul in things.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
—Japanese Proverb
For those who have seen the earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
—Donald E. Williams (1942–2016) American Astronaut, Naval Officer
The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (b.1940) American Self-Help Author
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
Worse than being blind would be to be able to see but not have any vision.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
When you have a thought that is not in alignment with your highest vision change to a new thought! Then and there. When you say a thing that is out of alignment with your grandest idea, make a note not to say something like that again. When you do a thing that is misaligned with your best intention, decide to make that the last time. And make it right with whomever was involved if you can.
—Marlo Morgan (1937–98) American Novelist, Author
The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.
—Theodore Hesburgh (1917–2015) American Catholic Educator, Clergyman
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible to others.
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Irish Satirist
Knowing your destination is half the journey.
—Anonymous
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
—Jack Welch (1935–2020) American Businessperson
When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren’t grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
—Cynthia Ozick (b.1928) American Novelist, Short-story Writer, Essayist
The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.
—David Starr Jordan (1851–1931) American Educator, Ichthyologist
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can’t make anybody believe he has it.
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
Vision looks inward and becomes duty.
Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.
Vision looks upward and becomes faith.
—Stephen Samuel Wise (1874–1949) Hungarian-Born American Rabbi
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
—Henry Fielding (1707–54) English Novelist, Dramatist
The artist doesn’t see things as they are, but as he is.
—Unknown
There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less.
—Kurt Hahn (1886–1974) German Educator, Philosopher
I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
Everything—a horse, a vine—is created for some duty…For what task, then, were you yourself created? A man’s true delight is to do the things he was made for.
—Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher
Salvation of the Dawn
Look to this day,
For it is life,
The very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the truths
And realities of your existence;
The bliss of growth
The glory of action, and
The splendor of beauty;
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived makes
Every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.
Such is the salvation of the dawn.
—The Bhagavad Gita Hindu Scripture
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what’s happening out there. It’s how you take it that counts.
—Denis Waitley (b.1933) American Motivational Speaker, Author
If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse.
—Walt Disney (1901–66) American Entrepreneur
Whoever does not know how to find the way to his ideal lives more frivolously and impudently than the man without an ideal.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
People only see what they are prepared to see.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.
—Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) American New Thought Writer, Physician, Entrepreneur
As long as you are going to think anyway—you might as well think BIG!
—Donald Trump (b.1946) American Businessperson, Head of State
Leave a Reply