Motivational Quotes

Vision

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

- Marden, Orison Swett

Best Quotes about Vision

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you.

Baudrillard, Jean

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.

Kasem, Casey

I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.

Winfrey, Oprah

The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.

Marden, Orison Swett

It's easy to say no! when there's a deeper yes! burning inside.

Covey, Stephen R.

Cherish you visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your ultimate achievements.

Hill, Napoleon

When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea? O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.

Blake, William

Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.

O'Brien, Conor Cruise

10.

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark, of night, of the other side of things.

Baudrillard, Jean

11.

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.

Barker, Joel A.

12.

I have seen gleams in the face and eyes of the man that have let you look into a higher country.

Carlyle, Thomas

13.

If you want to look with only one eye then you will only see part of the picture.

Williams, Les

14.

When it comes to spotting a blonde hair on a man's coat, every wife has 20-20 vision.

15.

Build it and they will come!

Movie, Fields Of Dreams

16.

Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So it is with people who sometimes cover up the entire disc of eternity with a dollar, and so quench transcendent glories with a little shining dust.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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The most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has always separated news from promotion, entertainment from merchandising. The advertiser has assumed the role of originator, and the performer has gradually been eased into the role of peddler.

White, Elwyn Brooks

18.

In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

19.

Television thrives on unreason, and unreason thrives on television. It strikes at the emotions rather than the intellect.

Day, Sir Robin

20.

It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams.

Brown, Les

21.

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube.

Mailer, Norman

22.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

Sawyer, Diane

23.

When you go to buy, use your eyes not your ears.

Proverb, Czech.

24.

Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.

James, Clive

25.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.

Jung, Carl

26.

The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle, they're on TV!

Simpson, Homer

27.

Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.

Robbins, Anthony

28.

When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.

Swindoll, Charles

29.

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.

Muggeridge, Malcolm

30.

The business of a seer is to see; and if he involves himself in the kind of God-eclipsing activities which make seeing impossible, he betrays the trust which his fellows have tacitly placed in him.

Huxley, Aldous

31.

Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits.

Terkel, Studs

32.

Television is an excellent system when one has nothing to lose, as is the case with a nomadic and rootless country like the United States, but in Europe the affect of television is that of a bulldozer which reduces culture to the lowest possible denominator.

Fumaroli, Marc

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Television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhere. If everyone is going to be able to see everything, in the long run all sights may lose whatever rarity value they once possessed, and it may well turn out that people, being able to see and hear practically everything, will be specially interested in almost nothing.

White, Elwyn Brooks

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The man with vision always goes ahead of the man with visions.

35.

Three people were at work on a construction site. All were doing the same job, but when each was asked what the job was, the answers varied. Breaking rocks, the first replied. Earning my living, the second said. Helping to build a cathedral, said the third.

Schultz, Peter

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I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.

Midler, Bette

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We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

Marden, Orison Swett

38.

I always looked ahead.

Evert, Chris

39.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Swift, Jonathan

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The kingdom of God could be realized simply by daring to live differently from the normal conventions. The kingdom of God in the teachings of Jesus was not an apocalyptic or heavenly projection of otherworldly desire. It was driven by a desire to think that there must be a better way to live together than the present state of affairs. And it called for a change of behavior in the present on the part of individuals invested in the vision.

Mack, Burton L.

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I got sick of turning on the TV and seeing my face.

Fox, Michael J.

42.

Where there is no vision, the people perish. [Proverbs 29:18]

Bible

43.

We lift ourselves by our thought. We climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always everywhere.

Marden, Orison Swett

44.

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life.

Paglia, Camille

45.

The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television.

Ross, Andrew

46.

TV -- chewing gum for the eyes.

Wright, Frank Lloyd

47.

The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring this endeavor will light our bounty and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

Kennedy, John F.

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So shine on through these days we have to fill.

John, Elton

49.

It is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.

Eliot, T. S.

50.

The best vision is insight.

Forbes, Malcolm S.