Sayings about Vision
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Where there is no vision, the people perish.~ Bible
He who is narrow of vision cannot be big of heart. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Every day is a messenger of God. ~ Russian Proverbs
Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life. ~ Sanskrit Proverbs
If you see in your wine the reflection of a person not in your range of vision, don’t drink it. ~ Chinese Proverb
One may have good eyes and yet see nothing. ~ Italian Proverbs
Quotations about Vision
Create a vision and never let the environment, other people’s beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom. ~ Anthony Robbins
A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is drudgery. A vision with a task is the hope of the world. ~ Author Unknown
Your successful past will block your visions of the future. ~ Joel A. Barker
Vision without a task is only a dream. A task without a vision is but drudgery. But vision with a task is a dream fulfilled.~ Author unknown
The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart – this you will build your life by, and this you will become. ~ James Allen
Seeing is not always believing. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is. ~ Peter Nivio Zarlenga
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. ~ Joel A. Barker
Because they had a vision, a desire, and they took action. ~ Thomas J. Vilord
I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision. ~ Henry David Thoreau
The point of vision and desire are the same. ~ Wallace Stevens
We start out in our lives as little children, full of light and the clearest vision. ~ Brenda Ueland
The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision. ~ James Lee Burke
Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil. ~ James Allen
It’s easy to say “no!” when there’s a deeper “yes!” burning inside. ~ Stephen R. Covey
We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, but live our strongest dreams — even if it takes a lifetime. ~ Vijali Hamilton
Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own. ~ Robert Collier
All successful people are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose. ~ Brian Tracy
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.~ Oscar Wilde
Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up. ~ Samuel Smiles
A powerful combination to ensure success is having the vision of an eagle and the heart of a lion. ~ Robert G. Allen
Vision plus desire equals reality. ~ Author Unknown
We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great. ~ Christine Gregoire
What can any of us do with his talent but try to develop his vision, so that through frequent failures we may learn better what we have missed in the past. ~ William Carlos
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. ~ Warren G. Bennis
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens. ~ Carl Jung
A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. ~ Charles M. Schwab
Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be. ~ Adlai E. Stevenson
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them. ~ Thucydides
Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present. ~ Rudy Giuliani
Necessity can set me helpless on my back, but she cannot keep me there; nor can four walls limit my vision. ~ Margaret Fairless Barber
If you have a vision, do something with it. ~ Anthony J. D’Angelo
Cherish you visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your ultimate achievements. ~ Napoleon Hill
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision. ~ Stevie Wonder
It’s marvelous what you can see when you open your eyes. ~ Author Unknown
Give 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. ~ Peter Marshall
I do believe I am special. My special gift is my vision, my commitment, and my willingness to do whatever it takes. ~ Anthony Robbins
As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things. ~ George Henry Lewes
Who is the wise man? He who sees what’s going to be born. ~ Solomon
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.~ Gail Devers
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. ~ Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise. ~ Thomas Woodrow Wilson
It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear. ~ Edward H. Harriman
It’s easy to see, hard to foresee. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Vision looks inwards and becomes duty. Vision looks outwards and becomes aspiration. Vision looks upwards and becomes faith. ~ Stephen S. Wise
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. ~ Edith Wharton
When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.~ Charles R. Swindoll
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live! ~ Bob Marley
One eye sees, the other feels. ~ Paul Klee
We lift ourselves by our thought. We climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always everywhere. ~ Orison Swett Marden
With vision there is no room to be frightened., No reason for intimidation. It’s time to march forward! Let’s be confident and positive!.~ Charles R. Swindoll
The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot more than they’ve done in the past.~ Bill Gates
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. ~ Ralph Nader
A daydreamer is prepared for most things. ~ Joyce Carol Oates
Vision is the true creative rhythm. ~ Robert Delaunay
When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.~ Charles Swindoll
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. ~ Sir Isaac Newton
Tomorrow belongs to those who have vision today! ~ Author Unknown
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. ~ Henry Miller
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever. ~ George Orwell
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.~ Ayn Rand
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. ~ Lorraine Hansbury
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. ~ Casey Kasem
We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.~ Author Unknown
Faith is the vision of the heart; it sees God in the dark as well as in the day. ~ Author Unknown
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet. ~ Theodore M. Hesburgh
The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live. ~ Lewis Mumford
If the vision is there, the means will follow. ~ Faith Popcorn
We go where our vision is. ~ Joseph Edward Murphy
As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. ~ Helen Keller
The only limits are, as always, those of vision. ~ James Broughton
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~ Melody Beattie
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible. ~ Jonathan Swift
In order to get somewhere in life, you need to have a vision. The vision brings you to the table. Without a vision, you just do what everybody else does and you are just there. ~ Michael Schenker
A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown. ~ Denis Waitley
If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes. ~ Pablo Picasso
America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal – to discover and maintain liberty among men. ~ Woodrow Wilson
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision. ~ Helen Keller
Unless you have some goals, I don’t think there’s any way to get above the pack. My vision was always well beyond what I had any reason to expect. ~ John Fuqua
You can’t hit a target you cannot see and you cannot see a target you do not have. ~ Zig Ziglar
A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Worse than being blind would be to be able to see but not have any vision. ~ Helen Keller
Vision — It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own. ~ Robert Collier
The best vision is insight. ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams. ~ Les Brown
Faith is power to believe and power to see… ~ Prentice Mulford
Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there. ~ John P. Kotter
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. ~ Omar Nelson Bradley
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. ~ Helen Keller
Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe. ~ Oprah Winfrey
The future is wider than vision, and has no end. ~ Donald G. Mitchell
Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible. ~ Frank Gaines
Vision. Future. Reality: How to Budget Like a Boss. ~ Book preview
