George W. Bush Quotes

Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.

When you have a concept and a sport like this, you have to have a vision.

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

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

You've got to have a vision. You've got to have a message.

You must lay out of vision of what you want for the country. There is no more important thing.

Let us not confuse objectives with methods. Too many so-called leaders of the nation fail to see the forest because of the trees. Too many of them fail to recognize the vital necessity of planning for definite objectives. True leadership calls for the setting forth of the objectives and the rallying of public opinion in support of these objectives.

Winners can tell you where they are going and what they plan to do along the way.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

A nation has to look ahead.

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best education in the world, you can have all the money in the world - but if you don't have direction, you'll never go anywhere.

You can have X's and O's, you can have talent, but if you don't have a vision, it won't work.

If the vision is not right and if the right group of players is not together, it doesn't come together.

It's definitely important to have a vision, to have kind of a sense of what might be possible, but not to be dogmatic about your beliefs about the way something has to be done.

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.

Without a vision the people perish.

Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Don't ever underestimate the power of planning. You can't make your vision come to life unless you outline each goal-driven step at a time. And you can't reach your full potential unless you plan how to make the most of your purpose and passion. When you look around and see people who are the captains of their ship, invariably they have taken pains to chart their successful course through life.

Vision is a destination - a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route - an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.

Resources follow vision.

Planning is my favorite - to have a vision and watch it materialize.

Coaches need to have a vision.

My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there.