Quotes About Vision

Look, I made a hat... Where there never was a hat

Author Max De Pree has written, "The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality."1

What's funny about that is when I was writing Twilight just for myself and not thinking of it as a book, I was not thinking about publishing, and yet at the same time I was casting it in my head. Because when I read books, I see them very visually.

You must be blind if you can't see The gaping hole called reality.

Don't walk into the future looking backwards

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.

Three basic components must be considered when defining your objectives: your entry, postentry, and exit strategies.

If you can't say in one sentence what you are trying to accomplish, then you won't achieve it.

a dream is only a memory of the future

The range of your vision is impaired by the location of your head.

Some parts of your vision are meant to be shared, in confidence, only with a trusted mentor, friend, or family member. And some aspects of your vision honestly don't need to go beyond your prayer time with God.

Most often, perishing is a slow, painful process, and if you aren't paying attention, it will trick you into thinking that this is the way things are supposed to be. By failing to have a vision, you are stripping yourself of every possible blessing, relationship, and opportunity. When you sit by and just let your life perish without a vision, it is the most painful kind of death.

Now that you have it all together, let me ask you this: What's next? Knowing what's next is paramount to your success. The what's next is the reason to keep waking up. The what's next is the driving force for all successful people. There always has to be a what's next.

Goals are dreams with their feet on the ground.

a man who really has a vision for where he wants to see himself in ten years has looked into his future and seriously considered what it'll take for him to get there.

Set aside some significant time to talk about where you see yourselves TOGETHER in the next three, five, and ten years down the road.

Now there is a difference between a man who just talks about his dreams and one who is really taking action on his vision now.

The what's next is the reason to keep waking up. The what's next is the driving force for all successful people. There always has to be a what's next.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

Let's go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.

A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

We're gambling on our vision, and we would rather do that than make "me too" products. Let some other companies do that. For us, it's always the next dream.

We hire people who want to make the best things in the world.