Andy Stanley Quotes

I think long-term, not short-term.

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

If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy.

Without vision you don't see, and without practicality the bills don't get paid.

Neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily taken for the future.

The long view counts.

We're so used to thinking in the short term, and the minute you speak in more long-term language then you tend to get dismissed as utopian and so on. We have a real problem here in making long-term thinking respectable

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources

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.

Long-term planning is often undervalued by our indefinite short-term world.

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.

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing and wouldn't reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, "In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!

However tight things are, you still need to have the big picture at the forefront of your mind.

I am a coach who thinks always in the long term.

I've got a long-term plan.

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

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

There is something to this vision thing.

A nation has to look ahead.

Hope is not a strategy.

Execution without a long term strategy leads nowhere. Likewise a long term strategy without execution leads nowhere.