Common Vision Quotes:

Meadowlark and I share a common vision of bringing joy and laughter to others.

- Bill Cosby

topic: Laughter, Common Vision, Joy, Meadowlarks, Bringing Joy

Bound together by our beliefs, we are like minded individuals, sharing a common vision, pushing toward a world rid of color lines.

- Janet Jackson

topic: Common Vision, Color, Together

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

- Andrew Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Leadership, Teamwork, Individual Power, Individual Work

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

- Warren G. Bennis

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership, True Leader, Mission And Vision

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

- Henry David Thoreau

source: "Walden". Book by Henry David Thoreau, 1854.

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Live For Yourself, Man Of My Dreams

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.

- John P. Kotter

topic: Leadership, Helping Others, Vision, Common Vision, Project Management

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. Many people who approach the area of vision in leadership have it backwards. They believe that if the cause is good enough, people will automatically buy in and follow. But that's not how leadership works. People don't follow worthy causes; they follow worthy leaders with a cause they can believe in. They buy into the leader first.

- John C. Maxwell

topic: Believe, People, Leader, True Leader, Leadership And Vision

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

- Audre Lorde

source: "The Cancer Journals". Book by Audre Lorde, 1980.

topic: Inspirational, Encouragement, Powerful, Powerful Women, Power And Control

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

- Theodore Hesburgh

source: Interview with Philip Scarpino, tobiascenter.iu.edu. January 6, 2009.

topic: Leadership, Business, Blow, True Leader, Innovative Leadership

When people come together around common vision, they can accomplish great things. We need the instruments that pull our people together, not apart.

- Nainoa Thompson

source: "Get Back to That Place: Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins Talks Touring Again and Why He Adores Tove Lo". Interview with Kelli Bender, people.com. June 30, 2015.

topic: People, Vision, Together, Common Vision

A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments.

- Timothy Keller

topic: People, Vision, Different, Common Vision

As a good gardener prepares the soil, so a wise leader creates an environment that promotes community. ... community involves a common place, a common time, and a common purpose. Just getting people in the same place at the same time does not produce a team. Community requires a common vision.

- Diane Dreher

topic: Wise, Team, People, Wise Leaders, Common Vision

Worship is what we were created for. This is the final end of all existence-the worship of God. God created the universe so that it would display the worth of His glory. And He created us so that we would see this glory and reflect it by knowing and loving it-with all our heart and soul and mind and strength. The church needs to build a common vision of what worship is and what she is gathering to do on Sunday morning and scattering to do on Monday morning.

- John Piper

topic: Monday, Morning, Heart, Sunday Morning, Display

Leaders encourage others to continue the quest and inspire others through courage and hope. Leaders give heart by visibly recognizing others' contributions to the common vision. With a thank you note, a smile, an award, and public praise, the leader lets others know how much they mean to the organization.

- James M. Kouzes

source: James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner (1987). “The leadership challenge: how to get extraordinary things done in organizations”, Jossey-Bass, 1988

topic: Leadership, Mean, Heart, Inspire Others, Thank You Note

If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define a common vision for the future.

- Mark Foley

topic: Turkeys, Leader, Vision, Counterparts, Common Vision

We are confident that through discussing with Arab and Islamic states, as well as with the League of Arab States, we will be able to reach a common vision towards maintaining the constants of our people and deal with reality.

- Khaled Mashal

topic: Islamic, Reality, League, Islamic State, Common Vision

The MDGs have been a fundamental framework for global development. A clear agenda, with measurable goals and targets, and a common vision have been crucial for this success. There is now an expectation around the world that sooner, rather than later, all these goals can and must be achieved.

- Sha Zukang

topic: Mdgs, Goal, Expectations, Common Vision

We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.

- Jimmy Carter

topic: Patriotic, Commitment, Past, American Values, Past Generations