~ Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~

~ Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. ~

~ The question is not what you look at, but what you see. ~

~ The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. ~

~ The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. ~

~ The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. ~

~ The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going. ~

~ Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there. ~

~ Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work. Remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~

~ Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. ~

~ Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture. ~

~ If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. ~

~ If you go as far as you can see, you will then see enough to go even farther. ~

~ Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin. ~

~ When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life. ~