Visionary Quotes

177 Visionary quotes by 154 unique authors

A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon. — Eoin Colfer
One way or another, I think virtually all of the prophets and early Apostles had their visionary moments of our time--a view that gave them… — Jeffrey R. Holland
The first question she was asked was What do you do? as if that were enough to define you. Nobody ever asked you who you… — Jodi Picoult
Fame is fun, money is useful, celebrity can be exciting, but finally life is about optimal well-being and how we achieve that in dominator culture,… — Bell Hooks
Where hunters and woodcutters once slept in their boots by the dying light of their thousand fires and went on, old teutonic forebears with eyes… — Cormac McCarthy
The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open — Martin Luther King, Jr.
...perhaps the most distinguishing trait of visionary leaders is that they believe in a goal that benefits not only themselves, but others as well. It… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary… — James F. Cooper
A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable. A visionary company doesn't simply balance… — James C. Collins
A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses. — Carl Icahn
What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone! How shimmer the… — James Russell Lowell
Remember, every great leader (or visionary or brave thinker) was initially laughed at. Now they are revered. — Robin Sharma
We could say that compassion is the ultimate attitude of wealth: an anti-poverty attitude, a war on want. It contains all sorts of heroic, juicy,… — Chogyam Trungpa
Art Modell was a visionary, a deal-maker and a friend. And he possessed a marvelous sense of humor. — Steve Tisch
Spiritual teachers and artists that have opened the eye of wisdom for the world, and visionary community builders, have influenced my work. — Alex Grey
There is a group of entrepreneurs pushing the envelope, government officials that are making significant changes despite the odds, and visionary writers, academics, and colleagues… — Robin Chase
After Apollo 17, America stopped looking towards the next horizon. The United States had become a space-faring nation, but threw it away. We have sacrificed… — Eugene Cernan
We were always drawing comics as kids. My brother Charles made me draw comics. I was very much under his domination. He was actually a… — Robert Crumb
Working for President Nixon was the most extraordinary professional experience of my life. He was endlessly fascinating: brilliant, visionary, kind, generous, warm, funny - and… — Monica Crowley
What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives as visionary and… — P.J. O'Rourke

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