Quotes About Vision

First you listened to people, then you took care of people, but now you unite people under a vision they believe in and trust and bond with.

So, if a company is buying lots of smaller companies, they need a vision that explains why bigger is better.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. When everyone spills their guts, they lose their sight. The one who holds on to this very precious resource becomes the one-eyed man, the king.

In my case, I think my exile saved my life, for it inexorably confirmed something which Americans appear to have great difficulty accepting. Which is, simply, this: a man is not a man until he is able and willing to accept his own vision of the world, no matter how radically this vision departs from others.

A man is not a man until he's able and willing to accept his own vision of the world, no matter how radically this vision departs from that of others.

Ultimately, the artist and the revolutionary function as they function, and pay whatever dues they must pay behind it because they are both possessed by a vision, and they do not so much follow this vision as find themselves driven by it. Otherwise, they could never endure, much less embrace, the lives they are compelled to lead.

In this endeavor to wed the vision of the Old World with that of the New, it is the writer, not the statesman, who is our strongest arm. Though we do not wholly believe it yet, the interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world.

What a great difference there is,' she said, 'between dreaming of something and dealing with it!

It is said that the camera cannot lie, but rarely do we allow it to do anything else, since the camera sees what you point it at: the camera sees what you want it to see. The language of the camera is the language of our dreams.

Her long narrow eyes darkened with whatever it was they were beginning to see.

That summer, in any case, all the fears with which I had grown up, and which were now a part of me and controlled my vision of the world, rose up like a wall between the world and me, and drove me into the church.

if one could read, in the dullness of his eye, anything so real as a future.

he glimpsed, briefly, the distant bridge which glowed like something written in the sky.

The intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world.

Painters have often taught writers how to see.

Credendo vides: by believing, one sees. Post nublia phoebus: after clouds, sun!

One of the most important steps you can take in building a visionary company is not an action, but a shift in perspective.

The envisioned future should be so exciting in its own right that it would continue to keep the organization motivated even if the leaders who set the goal disappeared.

To create an effective envisioned future requires a certain level of unreasonable confidence and commitment. Keep in mind that a BHAG is not just a goal; it is a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal.

Hewlett Packard Chairman Built Company by Design, Calculator by Chance.

accomplish the organization's mission.

This rare ability to manage continuity and change—requiring a consciously practiced discipline—is closely linked to the ability to develop a vision.

The fact that something is a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" is irrelevant, unless it fits within the three circles. A great company will have many once-in-a-lifetime opportunities

if I start with the right people, ask them the right questions, and engage them in vigorous debate, we will find a way to make this company great.