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Vision Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “Poetry is the way into a spiritual vision of society and the universe.”

Camille Paglia

Poetry, Art, Society, Spirituality, Vision

2. “The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.”

J.P. Morgan

Wisdom, Planning, Progress, Success, Vision

3. “The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.”

John D. Rockefeller

Ambition, Success, Wealth, Vision, Motivation

4. “I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.”

John D. Rockefeller

Ambition, Success, Legacy, Vision, Wealth

5. “Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.”

Andrew Carnegie

Unity, Strength, Teamwork, Vision, Growth

6. “Teamwork is ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”

Andrew Carnegie

Teamwork, Success, Collaboration, Leadership, Vision

7. “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward common vision.”

Andrew Carnegie

Teamwork, Success, Collaboration, Leadership, Vision

8. “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”

Andrew Carnegie

Teamwork, Success, Collaboration, Vision, Achievement

9. “An iron railroad would be a cheaper thing than a road of the common construction. Here lay in a few words the idea from which our railway system has sprung.”

Andrew Carnegie

Innovation, Transportation, Industry, Vision, Progress

10. “The first follower is what transforms the lone nut into a leader, and in a startup, that first follower is usually a cofounder.”

Guy Kawasaki

Leadership, Startup, Influence, Teamwork, Vision

11. “Revolutionary leaders have to care more about what they think of themselves than what the world thinks of them.”

Guy Kawasaki

Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Revolution, Change

12. “Want to change the world? Upset the status quo? This takes more than run-of-the-mill relationships. You need to make people dream the same dream that you do.”

Guy Kawasaki

Vision, World Change, Leadership, Influence, Success

13. “The genesis of great companies is answering simple questions that change the world, not the desire to become rich.”

Guy Kawasaki

Business, Vision, World Change, Entrepreneurship, Success

14. “Some things need to be believed to be seen.”

Guy Kawasaki

Belief, Perspective, Mindset, Vision, Success

15. “Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. Call me a romantic, but I think entrepreneurs should try to change the world. This comes from working at Apple... old habits die hard.”

Guy Kawasaki

Entrepreneurship, Vision, Success, World Change, Business

16. “Also, like the Holy Grail, the business plan remains largely unattainable and mythological. Most experts wouldn’t agree, but a business plan is of limited usefulness for a startup because entrepreneurs base so much of their plans on assumptions, ‘visions,’ and unknowns.”

Guy Kawasaki

Business Plan, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Uncertainty, Vision

17. “Original visions are often wrong. Companies have to morph as they learn what customers don’t want.”

Guy Kawasaki

Business, Vision, Adaptability, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

18. “Entrepreneurship is at its best when it alters the future, and it alters the future when it jumps curves.”

Guy Kawasaki

Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Future, Business, Vision

19. “Call me idealistic, but the genesis of great companies is answering simple questions that change the world, not the desire to become rich.”

Guy Kawasaki

Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Vision, Business, Impact

20. “Entrepreneur is not a job title. It is a state of mind of people who want to alter the future.”

Guy Kawasaki

Entrepreneurship, Mindset, Vision, Innovation, Business

21. “I sometimes close my eyes during a show because I have drawn a picture of an audience enjoying the show more on the back of my eyelids.”

Mitch Hedberg

Audience, Show, Imagination, Humor, Vision

22. “The true poet dreams being awake.”

Charles Lamb

Poetry, Imagination, Vision, Creativity, Expression

23. “Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.”

Margaret Fuller

Dreamer, Reality, Imagination, Understanding, Vision

24. “The only woman to whom it has been given to touch what is decisive in the present world and to have a presentiment of the world of the future.”

Margaret Fuller

Women, Influence, Vision, Leadership, Future

25. “I was in the first submarine. Instead of a periscope, they had a kaleidoscope. “We’re surrounded.””

Steven Wright

Submarine, Vision, Absurdity, War, Humor

26. “I had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street when suddenly the prescription ran out.”

Steven Wright

Vision, Absurdity, Perception, Humor, Observation

27. “I’m seeing the world partially through the eyes of a kid. Not all the time. There’s no black and white to it. But sometimes I’m seeing it like I’m 4.”

Steven Wright

Childhood, Imagination, Perspective, Playfulness, Vision