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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.

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

Quotes by Steve Buscemi

We, the people of the United States, we are a great Nation with a great vision.

Quotes by Steve Buyer

If you're doing something new you've got to have a vision. You've got to have a perspective. You've got to have some north star you're aiming for, and you just believe somehow you'll get there, which kind of gets to...

Quotes by Steve Case

If you stay true to yourself and true to your vision and your own values, you can power through and make an impact on modern life.

Quotes by Steve Bannon

Our vision - Andrew's vision - was always to build a global, center-right, populist, anti-establishment news site.

Quotes by Steve Bannon

Great entrepreneurial DNA is comprised of leadership, technological vision, frugality, and the desire to succeed.

Quotes by Steve Blank

Customer discovery is the process of translating a founder's vision for the company into hypotheses about each component of the business model and creating a set of experiments to test each hypothesis.

Quotes by Steve Blank

Visionary CEOs don't need someone else to demo the company's key products for them. They deeply understand products, and they have their own coherent and consistent vision of where the industry/business models and customers are today, and where they need...

Quotes by Steve Blank

Vision looks upward and becomes faith.

Quotes by Stephen Samuel Wise

Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.

Quotes by Stephen Samuel Wise

Vision looks inward and becomes duty.

Quotes by Stephen Samuel Wise

Without Ataturk's vision, without his ambition and energy, without his astonishing boldness in sweeping away traditions accumulated over centuries, today's Turkey would not exist, and the world would be much poorer.

Quotes by Stephen Kinzer

There's always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.

Quotes by Stephen Mangan

For a writer, working in television is an incredibly rewarding medium. You're in charge of all aspects of production and get to see your vision come to life every week.

Quotes by Stephanie Savage

In Europe, the director is the king: it's his vision. It's an auteur tradition.

Quotes by Stellan Skarsgard

A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know.

Quotes by Stanislav Grof

People always say to me, 'You have such a clearly defined sense of style,' and when I hear it, I get crazed, because what I hear - and I know they mean it as a compliment - is that I...

Quotes by Stanley Donen

I don't think there is ever objective biography. Our vision of our subject is always shaped by who we are. So I do, of course, think the biographer's view is always something to keep in mind.

Quotes by Stacy Schiff

I fell in love with the vision of TaskRabbit, which is to revolutionize everyday work.

Quotes by Stacy Brown-Philpot

I've evolved as a human being, and I've taken more risks. I've let go of judgment. I don't know when the best stuff is coming - I sink into the process in a different way. I paint more, and my...

Quotes by Sophie B. Hawkins

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.