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Vision Quotes

Seeing what could be, before it exists.

These vision quotes cover a director's insistence on following his own path regardless of others' opinions, and, more prominently, an education-reform view that the best teachers and schools operate with a defined picture of what each student can become. One entry closes out a band's touring cycle to pursue a new creative direction. See Great for more on ambition.

Most of us who have healthy eyesight are extremely attached to our vision, often without being conscious that we are. We depend heavily on our eyes, and yet we rarely give them a second thought. I, at least, am this...

Quotes by Rosemary Mahoney

We always think, 'Well, for a person who's blind, it must be an amazing, joyful miracle if by some chance their sight is restored to them.' Now, this may be true for blind people who lost their vision at a...

Quotes by Rosemary Mahoney

We are not born with effective vision. The human infant has to learn how to see. The eyes gather information, they transmit it to the brain, but the brain doesn't know how to process it yet. We learn how to...

Quotes by Rosemary Mahoney

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.

Quotes by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Good travel books, like travel itself, open the door to new worlds. In the strongest works the author's vision becomes our own, especially if his or her subject is a distant destination.

Quotes by Rory MacLean

Our vision is to break the projects into stories that must be told, stories that we would like to tell and stories that people go to movies for. If we can find great scripts that fit these three categories, we...

Quotes by Ronnie Screwvala

There is not a new hopeful, optimistic vision of the future that I am currently aware of. Certainly, not one that has penetrated pop culture awareness in the way 'Star Trek' has.

Quotes by Ronald D. Moore

When you know your history, you have a better vision of where you're going. And, when you have that, there's no stopping you.

Quotes by Ron Cephas Jones

The compelling drive to get at the truth is what improves us all as psychologists and is part and parcel of intellectual integrity. But I do urge that we not let the drive for honesty put blinders on us and...

Quotes by Rollo May

The short-term vision is: I research on something which I can use tomorrow, and for some politicians it is even better if it's today. But if you do this, you can only do targeted research. If you only do targeted...

Quotes by Rolf-Dieter Heuer

What is special about the House of Marley is that it's my father's vision that guides our production process.

Quotes by Rohan Marley

This is actually something no one knows, but my mom was really the one who created the entire style for 'Teen Witch.' I'm dead serious. She was super involved, and is super creative, so I wore a lot of my...

Quotes by Robyn Lively

The vision of the Internet as a vast digital wasteland isn't correct. Everything is awesome, and we have more stuff to read than we ever have in history.

Quotes by Robin Sloan

I had lost a clear sense of the vision and values instilled in me as a child and was no longer driven by any mission or passion. I made the difficult decision to pull back from the noise of my...

Quotes by Robin S. Sharma

Showing leadership doesn't mean every employee will run the organization; that would lead to chaos. Businesses do need someone to set the vision and then lead the team to it.

Quotes by Robin S. Sharma

In my view, a political vision is not a grab-bag of discrete problems and solutions. It is the visionary anticipation of a direction.

Quotes by Roberto Unger

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Quotes by Robertson Davies

It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous.

Quotes by Robert Shea

Photography has always been a major part of my vision: my excuse for meddling with what the world looks like.

Quotes by Robert Rauschenberg

My career is based primarily upon finding a balance with a director and their vision, and that means sublimating my own personal ego toward their material.

Quotes by Robert Richardson

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "vision" mean across these quotes?
It shows up as personal creative direction, as a clear sense of where students can go academically, and as the drive behind successful teaching and long-term career choices. For more big-picture reflections, see our Life quotes.
Is there a quote about taking responsibility for your own creative vision?
Yes — it says, "I think everybody goes off and does their own vision. And I don't take responsibility for other people's work, frankly. It's bad enough taking responsibility for my own."
Does one quote talk about vision helping disadvantaged students succeed?
Yes. It notes that real excellence has come "in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be..." This kind of hope for students' potential connects with our Believe quotes too.
Is there a quote about successful teachers having a vision for their students?
Yes — it explains that top teachers "establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year." Teaching with this kind of purpose is a theme you'll also find in our Great quotes.
Does one quote mention a band deciding it had accomplished its vision?
Yes — it says that after a touring cycle ended, "as a band, Static-X had accomplished everything we set out to accomplish," which opened space to pursue solo work. If you enjoy reflections on accomplishment, our Good quotes are worth exploring.

Pair this with Believe or Good for more on what drives people toward a goal they can already picture.