Mark V. Hurd Quotes

Vision without execution is hallucination.

Vision without execution is delusion.

Execution is everything.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.

Having just the vision's no solution, everything depends on execution

In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.

I'm certainly hoping that all the recommendations that we have heard will be implemented.

Once you articulate an agenda, you have to follow it.

I don't really do without any plans. If somebody is trying to do something, you must have plans.

A plan is always successful if the plan is good.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

First of all, you've got to have a vision of 'What kind of program do I want to have?' Then you've got to have a plan to implement it. Then you've got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.

It's important to have a sound idea, but the really important thing is the implementation.

As a mayor, my instinct is to really think about how to get something done and not to make the promise unless you have some view of the pathway. You don't have to have it all figured out, but you have to have a pathway there.

Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become a reality.

Having a great idea is simply not enough. The eventual goal is vastly more important than any idea. It is how ideas are implemented that counts in the long run

Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.

Our visions are the plans of the possible life structure, but they will end in plans if we do not follow them up with a vigorous effort to make them real, just as the architect's plans will end in his drawings if they are not followed up and made real by the builder.

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

A great idea is not enough.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

Great leaders state out loud what they intend to do and in doing so, they get things done.