Gary Hart Quotes

Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.

Joseph Bazalgette created a sewer system which he originally sized for London's needs of the time - he then doubled it to anticipate the future beyond. These are the qualities that I admire.

I think you have to see two steps ahead of things. That's just the way I roll.

Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

I have to think about the future because, not that I'm bored with it now, but I can't live now, it's not my place to live now. I've got to live ahead of myself.

I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are coming at us.

Foresight has been a distinguishing characteristic of all truly great political, religious, and social betterment leaders.

I live in the present with an eye on the future.

Leaders don't look backwards to condemn what has already been done; they look forward to create a better future.

We are never complacent. My job is to make us look 10 years out and be prepared.

I think it's really important to have a long-term perspective.

We believe in the wisdom once expressed by the hockey star Wayne Gretzky, who explained his success by saying, 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.'

A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee.

My job is to think beyond the immediate.

Leaders anticipate. Losers react

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

I always looked ahead.

There are people that go ahead, that see problems before the rest, that take decisions before the rest.

I've always liked to think ahead. Not stupid-far ahead. A hundred years doesn't interest me. But 20 years interests me, and more for what happens to humans as opposed to things.

Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.

Thinking about the future is fundamentally important to dealing with the challenges of today.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

My business is to prevent the future.

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.