William Hazlitt Quotes

There's not much difference between a fantasist and a visionary. We all have dreams and without dreams in business, I don't believe you can be successful. The trick is to turn them into reality.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

A man, to carry on a successful business, must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. A man can cultivate this faculty only by an appreciation of the finer things in life.

I'm not in it for the money. No, no. I like to run a business that's successful... I'm a very creative person.

It takes vision and courage to create

All innovation begins with vision. It’s what happens next that is critical.

You want to be a corporate success; you want to be an entrepreneurial success. That's the beginnings of the feminist movement which sought to emulate men.

A lot of people especially want to know about going into business. But it's a two-way conversation.

Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.

For entrepreneurs, ignorance is not bliss. It's fatal. It's costly. And it's for losers. You either get organized, or get crushed.

Entrepreneurs are visionaries - they see things other people don't see.

Building a business is not rocket science, it's about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.

If you wish to obtain a great name or to found an establishment, be completely mad; but be sure that your madness corresponds with the turn and temper of your age.

All I want to be is, someone that makes, new things and, thinks about them.

One key to entrepreneurial success is to get a great group of people around you who believe in your idea.

I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path.

Entrepreneurship is essentially identifying the path that everyone takes; and choosing a different, better way.

Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old.

An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force.

A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.

Never compete, create.

When I worked on the polio vaccine, I had a theory. I guided each [experiment] by imagining myself in the phenomenon in which I was interested. The intuitive realm . . . the realm of the imagination guides my thinking.

Of course, you don't have to have a degree to be rich. You just have to have ideas. Maybe having a degree sets you back, for it stuffs you into tick-tock [the daily grind of work], and perhaps that stifles your creative mind. But the fact is that many millionaires have few educational qualifications of any kind at all. However, they still have knowledge. The difference is, they have knowledge they can sell, and others have the "common knowledge" of tick-tock, which isn't worth as much, if anything at all.

A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.

Anyone who still wants to experience fairytales these days can’t afford to dither when it comes to using their brains.