Bill Flores Quotes

Vision is a lot more than putting a plaque on the wall. A real vision is lived, not framed.

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.

Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.

Now, a leader must cause things to happen and lives to be affected. Something should move and change. He must see that those under him do not fail. But it should be done in the Lord's way.

Once an organization has a strong sense of mission, leaders can focus on trying new things.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.

If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed to change, committed to learn, then a spiritual assessment tool can work.

Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.

Leaders are people who ‘walk ahead,’ people genuinely committed to deep changes, in themselves and in their organizations.

Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping their outcomes towards success or failure: long-term planning, and willingness to reconsider core values.

Successful reform requires a long-term vision, driven by political leadership.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Stick to your true north - build greatness for the long term.

An organization's culture of purpose answers the critical questions of who it is and why it exists. They have a culture of purpose beyond making a profit.

If I could be half of what Mike Sweeney was, I'll be happy with it.

We need to be brave and tell the politicians what a better future could be.

Leaders have to be dealers in hope.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there.

To be a leader you must be able to create positive change.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

Leaders are fascinated by future. You are a leader if and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with status quo. Because in your head, you can see a better future. The friction between 'what is' and 'what could be' burns you, stirs you up, propels you. This is leadership.