The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
I want to put a ding in the universe.
What has been done is but a small beginning of what has to come.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you're going someplace and you have a vision and you stay with it, eventually things will happen.
The inventor looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world.
The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
I have been interested in the subject of electricity for many years, and I am now convinced that the alternating-current system is the system of the future.
Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.
Begin with the end in mind.
Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you.
We are willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.
Vision without traction is merely hallucination.
A Just Cause is a specific vision of a future state that does not yet exist; a future state so appealing that people are willing to make sacrifices in order to help advance toward that vision.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
