Book The Second Bounce of the Ball (2007)
“If you haven't got an excremental vision you have no business setting up as a major satirist.”
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
2:578-9
"Quotes", Late Notebooks, 1982–1990: Architecture of the Spiritual World (2002)
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 97
“As you cannot do what you want,
Want what you can do”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
“What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer
Lews Therin Telamon
(15 October 1994)
“Have a vision of where you want your life to be.”
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (1978) Nigerian actress and singer
https://fabwoman.ng/omotola-jalade-inspirational-quotes-for-women-fabwoman/
Stephen R. Covey book First Things First
Source: First Things First (1994), p. 113
Context: It's not enough to have values without vision; you want to be good, but you want to be good for something. On the other hand, vision without values can create a Hitler. An empowering mission statement deals with both character and competence; what you want to be and what you want to do in your life.
“And so modest. Is there anything at which you do not excel?”
David Gemmell book Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf
ibid
Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf
Context: "I thought you were the best," she chided. "Fathers always seem that way," he said dryly. "But no. With bow or knife I am superb. But with the sword? only excellent." "And so modest. Is there anything at which you do not excel?"
James Allen (1864–1912) British philosophical writer
As A Man Thinketh (1902), Visions and Ideals
Context: In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. Chance is not. Gifts, powers, material, intellectual, and spiritual possessions are the fruits of effort; they are thoughts completed, objects accomplished, visions realized.
The Vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart — this you will build your life by, this you will become.
Paul Arden (1940–2008) writer
Source: It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be
