Quotes About Vision

For the world to follow, we must do more than rattle our sabers and demand allegiance to our vision simply because we believe we are right. We must provide a reason for others to aspire to that vision. And that reason must come with more than the repetition of a bumper-sticker phrase about freedom and democracy. It must come with more than the restatement of failed policy. It must come with the wisdom to admit when we are wrong and resolve to change course and get it right.

To avoid straining your eyes when you're continuously working, follow the 20-20-20 rule. After 20 minutes of work, look at something 20 feet away, then spend 20 years in the forest.

This would be a great time in the world for some man to come along that knew something.

I've only yet to see the apparition of enlightenment, and it always slips past in my periphery.

People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross.

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.

Faith is like radar which sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.

Martin Luther King represents a voice, a vision, and a way... I am convinced that the whole future of America depends on how seriously we take this voice, this vision, and this way.

We have King as our tomorrow.

While his eyes saw the sky, his soul saw Heaven.

You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

A truly special teacher is very wise, and sees tomorrow in every child's eyes.

Safety glasses: making foresight 20/20.

Don't focus on what sucks, focus on what's possible

We can act on our dreams or keep dreaming

The light is there and if you only half open your eyes, you will not see the sun. The sun is always there and does not turn its back on the earth. The earth turns her back to the sun and the result is night. There is no night or levels in the sun. Your own light and wisdom waits for you, but you have been postponing it.

But most good writers are Don Quixote at heart, and unreasonableness is often a condition of art.

Open Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose!

He's got big dreams like you can't believe

forces lie just outside the range of physical sight, but entirely within the range of spiritual vision, precisely as the tellers of these old stories divined; mystery and wonder enfold all things, and not only evoke the full play of the mind, but flood it with intimations and suggestions of the presence of more elusive and subtle forces, of finer and more obedient powers, as the world of fairies, magi and demons enfolded the ancient earth of daily toil and danger.

Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.