Mao Zedong Quotes

A nation has to look ahead.

Men of action," whose minds are too busy with the day's work to see beyond it. They are essential men, we cannot do without them, and yet we must not allow all our vision to be bound by the limitations of "men of action.

Without organization and leadership toward a realistic goal, there is no chance of realizing more than a small percentage of your potential.

Leaders anticipate. Losers react

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

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.

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

There is something to this vision thing.

Short-termism is no good: plans must be carried through to the end.

You can be both progressive and want to get things done - they're not mutually exclusive and that's what I bring.

The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them, they have a vision of the future.

Were there no men of vision, all who are blind would be dead.

You can’t look too far ahead. Do that and you’ll lose sight of what you’re doing and stumble. I’m not saying you should focus solely on the details right in front of you, mind you. You’ve got to look ahead a bit or else you’ll bump into something. You’ve got to conform to the proper order and at the same time keep an eye out for what’s ahead. That’s critical, no matter what you’re doing.

And the most successful leader of all is one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which belong in his present picture but which are not yet there.

A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do." (Leroy Eims)

The most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee

A leader has the capacity of vision, the ability to see where things are headed before people in general see those things.

The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision.

It is always the sign of the second-rate man when the decision merely meets the present situation. It is the left-over in a decision which gives it its greatest value. It is the carry-over in the decision which helps develop the situation in the way we wish it to be developed. The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions from the array of facts of the past which their expert assistants bring to them; they have a vision of the future.

Leadership is about making decisions with the information you have, not the information people will have 12 years later, i kind of feel sorry for my friend Jeb Bush.

An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.

Losers react,leaders anticipate.

The opportunist thinks of me and today. The statesman thinks of us and tomorrow.

You want to be an alchemist so badly? Don't wait to react to the immediate problem. Plan ahead. Look at the big picture and you won't ever have to deal with that problem. Better to save yourself from a major catastrophe than drag your feet over a bunch of little inconveniences.

Vision rarely require immediate action. It requires patience.