Heartquotes: "It is not enough to stare up the steps…"

“The vision must be followed by the venture.

It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs.”

– Vance Havner

[quoted in Douglas M. White, Vance Havner, Journey from Jugtown: A Biography (1977)]

5 thoughts on “Heartquotes: "It is not enough to stare up the steps…"”

Anonymous

I don’t think Vance Havner originated this. Most ascribe it to Vaclav Havel, the former Czech president and author

August 24, 2012 at 11:38 am Reply
1. Jeff Fenske
  
  Thanks.
  
  August 24, 2012 at 4:44 pm Reply
Karl

But nowhere can one find the actual source…

April 8, 2014 at 9:25 am Reply
Dr. Mardy Grothe

The author of the “step up the stairs” quotation is indeed Vance Havner, the American Revivalist minister. For the full citation, see my “Dr. Mardy’s Dictionary of Metaphorical Quotations” (DMDMQ): http://www.drmardy.com/dmdmq/v (scroll down to VISION)

June 3, 2015 at 5:57 am Reply
1. Jeff Fenske
  
  Thank you!
  
  June 3, 2015 at 4:40 pm Reply