Quotes About Vision

We need the patience of the planter. We need the foresight of the farmer. We need the mindset of the sower.

We don't get a vision from God by going to conferences. We might get some good ideas, but God-ideas are only revealed in the presence of God.

Life is full of goals to be identified and kept in sight. When we lose sight of the goal, we simply drift. Sometimes drift can mean disaster.

Once you embrace the omnipotence of God, you'll draw ever-enlarging circles around your God-given, God-sized dreams.

Most of us overestimate what we can accomplish in two years, but we underestimate what we can accomplish in ten years.

If you don't have a personal definition of success, chances are you will succeed at the wrong thing. You'll get to the end of your life and realize that you spelled success wrong. And if you spell it wrong, you'll get it wrong.

the God who gives the vision is the same God who makes provision.

If you don't have a dream, get around people who do. You might just catch what they have.

Orar con fervor + pensar a largo plazo = mantenerse enfocado.

Your ability to see failure as a necessary stepping stone directly correlates with your ability to dream bigger and dream better.

Take a step of faith when God gives you a vision because you trust that the One who gave you the vision is going to make provision. And for the record, if the vision is from God, it will most definitely be beyond your means.

God isn't offended by big dreams; He's offended by anything less.

If your vision isn't perplexing and impossible, then you need to widen the diameter of your prayer circles.

The day we stop dreaming is the day we start dying.

dream big, pray hard, and think long.

If we had the right civilian leadership, we would have responsive military leadership. But I ask you, how can you lead somebody when you don't know where you are going?

There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.

Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession.

So the first thing you need to do is to break down the thick walls between these silos. To do that, build on the things all silos have in common: the sky above (a shared vision) and the ground below (shared values).

That's it, just two quick questions: "What's something that would be impossible?" and, "What would make it possible?" What's so powerful about those two questions? They move a person from a defensive, closed position or a selfish, excuse-making stance into an open, thinking attitude. And they make the person picture your vision as a reality and cooperate in thinking strategically about reaching that reality.

Even with a great vision, people lose their enthusiasm and fail to accomplish what they're capable of doing if their leaders are dropping the ball.

Subcreation is not just a desire, but a need and a right; it renews our vision and gives us new perspective and insight into ontological questions that might otherwise escape our notice within the default assumptions we make about reality.

Maps are essential. Planning a journey without a map is like building a house without drawings.

Hindsight's perfect vision is seldom clouded by context