1.
Anything lost, can be found again, except for time wasted
A vision without action is merely a dream
Action, it's the grind, it's the hustle, it's the persistence
Kevin Gates
"Anything misplaced can be located again, except for moments squandered. A plan without implementation is but an illusion. Activity, it's the determination, it's the toil, it's the constancy."
2.
Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.
Vera Nazarian
Gaze not upon the solar star; rather, behold the sunflower.
3.
You have to keep your vision clear, cause only a coward lives in fear.
Nas
Maintain your focus, for only the faint of heart are crippled by apprehension.
4.
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
A capable commander can elicit satisfactory results from inadequate personnel, whereas an inept leader can dishearten the most skilled troops.
5.
The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The fundamental characteristic of leadership is uprightness.
6.
By the help of microscopes, there is nothing so small, as to escape our inquiry; hence there is a new visible world discovered to the understanding.
Robert Hooke
Through the use of microscopes, there is nothing too insignificant for us to explore; as a result, an unseen realm has been revealed to our comprehension.
7.
The person who’s in love with their vision of community will destroy community. But the person who loves the people around them will create community everywhere they go.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
'One who cherishes their ideal of society will ruin it. But the individual who cares for their fellows will generate camaraderie wherever they are.'
8.
Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
Indira Gandhi
Every fresh encounter brings its own growth and a deeper perception.
9.
We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
Khalil Gibran
We are confined, not by our capabilities, but by our perception.
10.
Close your eyes, they'll never see your vision
Tyga
'Conceal your sight, it will never expose your dream.'
11.
Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.
Joseph Joubert
'Verbal communication can obscure as well as elucidate.'
12.
Let me plead with you, lovers of my Africa, to carry with you into the world the vision of a new Africa
Robert Sobukwe
Implore those who adore my African homeland to take forth into the global community a perception of an improved Africa.
13.
We must walk rapidly but not run. We must not be opportunists, nor allow our enthusiasms to make us lose the vision of concrete reality.
Amilcar Cabral
We must hasten but not haste. We must not be exploiters, nor permit our passions to lead us to overlook the tangible actuality.
14.
Then came a moment of renaissance,
I looked up - you again are there,
A fleeting vision, the quintessence
Of all that`s beautiful and rare.
Alexander Pushkin
'An epiphany of rebirth,
I beheld - your form once more,
A transient sight, the embodiment
Of all that's exquisite and unique.'
15.
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
'If you are engaged in something stimulating which you have a deep passion for, there is no need to be coerced. The ambition will draw you in.'
16.
Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination
Thomas A. Edison
17.
We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
Oliver Tambo
We have a vision of South Africa in which racial divisions shall be eradicated and all citizens shall exist harmoniously in a state of prosperity and serenity.
18.
It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.
Vaclav Havel
It is insufficient just to gaze at the stairs; we must ascend them.
19.
How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper.
Khalil Gibran
How myopic is the sight that values the toil of the ant higher than the chirping of the grasshopper.
20.
As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict with those who wanted me to paint not what I saw but what they wished me to see.
Diego Rivera
I have continually strived to remain true to my perception of life as an artist, often encountering resistance from those who sought to compel me to create something other than what I perceived.
21.
Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
Rosa Parks
Without a plan, the population languishes, yet without boldness ambitions expire.
22.
Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you're going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
Al Pacino
'Leave any notions of professional advancement aside, just keep striving. If you remain focused on your mission and follow it with passion, success will ultimately find you.'
23.
Positive images of the future are a powerful and magnetic force... They draw us on and energize us, give us courage and will to take on important initiatives. Negative images of the future also have a magnetism. They pull the spirit downward in the path of despair.
William James
24.
Take the wold, but give me Jesus;
In His cross my trust shall be,
Till, with clearer, brighter vision
Face to face my Lord I see.
Fanny Crosby
'Cling to the Christ, but grant me solace;
On His cross my faith shall rest,
Until with clearer, sharper sightline
I behold my Master face-to-face.'
25.
Vision without execution is daydreaming.
Bill Gates
Imagining without implementation is fantasizing.
26.
A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.
Ernest Shackleton
A man must adjust himself to a new aim promptly when the old one is abandoned.
27.
We should never, never be afraid or ashamed about dreams. The dreams won’t all come true; we won’t always make it; but where there is no vision a people perish. Where people have no dreams and no hopes and aspirations, life becomes dull and a meaningless wilderness.
Tommy Douglas
28.
I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.
Michelangelo
I envisioned David in my head and meticulously removed all that was not him.
29.
The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall see Truth in fragment and from different angles of vision.
Mahatma Gandhi
The cardinal principle of comportment is mutual forbearance, recognizing that we will never all conceive alike and we shall perceive Truth in pieces and from divergent perspectives.
30.
If people call me Christian, not from the standpoint of religion but from the standpoint of social vision, I declare that I am a Christian.
Fidel Castro
If individuals refer to me as Christian, not in a spiritual sense but from an outlook of communal understanding, I proclaim that I am a Christian.
31.
Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
Bill Walsh
Your trajectory and mission will become abundantly evident when you start to have faith in your foresight.
32.
At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.
William Golding
In the instant of clarity, there is no tangible perception.
33.
Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation.
James Turrell
Illumination is not simply a means of disclosure, but rather the revelation itself.
34.
Have a vision. It is the ability to see the invisible. If you can see the invisible, you can achieve the impossible.
Shiv Khera
Realize a dream. It is the capacity to envision the unimaginable. If you can imagine the unimaginable, you can attain the inconceivable.
35.
We must revolutionize our optical perception. We must remove the veil from our eyes.
Alexander Rodchenko
36.
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. . .
Bayard Rustin
The genuine revolutionary is the individual who has a dream of parity and is prepared to take those measures that will draw near truth nearer to that fantasy. . .
37.
My idea is to bring happiness, respect, vision, poetry, surrealism and magic [to design].
Philippe Starck
My plan is to inject joy, esteem, acuity, verse, fantasy and enchantment [into design].
38.
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.
James Turrell
Space has a way of observing. It appears to possess an aura of sight. When you enter, it is there, expectant for your arrival.
39.
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.
G. Campbell Morgan
40.
Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.
John P. Kotter
41.
Surrealism is destructive,
but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
Salvador Dali
42.
We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.
John Stott
43.
Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.
Phil Jackson
44.
Someone else's vision will never be as good as your own vision of your self. Live and die with it 'cause in the end it's all you have. Lose it and you lose yourself and everything else. I should have listened to myself.
Georgia O'Keeffe
45.
Love is not a state, a feeling, a disposition, but an exchange, uneven, fraught with history, with ghosts, with longings that are more or less legible to those who try to see one another with their own faulty vision.
Judith Butler
46.
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.
Ban Ki-moon
48.
We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest
Thabo Mbeki
49.
The dignity of a woman's life is infinite, her status immeasurable, her capacity unbounded, her role divine...In the fast changing world of today her vision penetrates into the reality of the far beyond, the reality which endures beyond change.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
50.
If you could only see the vision I have. I wish I had your bodies to do this work. I would run from house to house telling everyone of the gospel, and after I lost strength to run I would begin to walk, and after I collapsed from walking, I would begin to crawl, and after my knees were so bloody that I could not use them I would use my arms to drag myself, and once my muscle in my body was gone I would begin to yell…oh, only if you could see the vision as I have.
Spencer W. Kimball