Originality & Vision

Category Originality

Here are some quotes related to Originality along with their authors:

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland

“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” – Margaret Mead

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” – Herman Melville

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.” – C. S. Lewis

“Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.” – Thomas Wentworth Higginson

“Insist upon yourself. Be original.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Originality is the art of concealing your sources.” – Franklin P. Jones

“The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.” – Robert Schumann

“Do your work, but do your thing.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.” – Thomas Carlyle

“Create your own method. Don’t depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.” – Constantin Stanislavski

“True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.” – Edith Wharton

“Be yourself. The world worships the original.” – Ingrid Bergman

“The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.” – Blaise Pascal

“Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi.” – Alan Alda

“Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.” – Anthony Storr

“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.” – Laurence J. Peter

“Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.” – Fran Lebowitz

“Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.” – John Stuart Mill

“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.” – Franz Kafka

“All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.” – John Stuart Mill

“What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.” – William Ralph Inge

“What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it.” – George Bernard Shaw

“People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.” – R. Buckminster Fuller

Category Vision

Here are some quotes related to Vision along with their authors:

“Vision without execution is delusion.” – Thomas A. Edison

“The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it.” – Tony Dungy

“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” – Jonathan Swift

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” – Carl Jung

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis

“In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama

“Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.” – Warren G. Bennis

“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.” – Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.” – James Whistler

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford

“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.” – Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” – Napoleon Hill

“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” – Jonathan Swift

“Pain pushes until vision pulls.” – Unknown

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” – Joel A. Barker

“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” – Michelangelo

“If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs

“Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it’s difficult to score.” – Paul Arden