Quotes about Vision

Leaders are not always the first to see the need for change, but they are the first to act. And once they move away from the pack, they are positioned to lead.

You can't lead without taking risk. You won't take risk without courage. Courage is essential to leadership.

As I listen to leaders tell their stories, I hear very little about strategic planning and goal setting. I hear a lot about identifying and acting on opportunities. Strategies and goals have their place. But they don't define leadership. Leaders see and seize opportunity. And in most cases, the opportunities take them by surprise.

The courage to dream always precedes the capital needed to finance the dream.

Vision is a clear mental picture of what could be, fueled by the conviction that it should be.

If God has birthed a vision in you, he is in the process of developing a similar vision in the hearts of others around you.

VISIONEERING = INSPIRATION + CONVICTION + ACTION + DETERMINATION + COMPLETION

Keep in mind that everything you loathe about your current environment or organization was originally somebody's good idea.

The most significant visions are not cast by great orators from a stage. They are cast at the bedsides of our children. The greatest visioncasting opportunities happen between the hours of 7:30 and 9:30 PM Monday through Sunday. In these closing hours of the day we have a unique opportunity to plant the seeds of what could be and what should be. Take every opportunity you get.

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.