Quotes About Initiative

He had no money to begin with. He had but little education. He had no influence. But he did have initiative, faith, and the will to win.

Hay dos tipos de hombres que nunca llegan a nada», decía Andrew Carnegie. «Uno es el que no hace lo que se le dice que haga. El otro es el que nunca hace más de lo que se le dice que haga y —añade— aquel que sale adelante hace lo que debe hacer sin que nadie le diga que lo haga, pero no se detiene ahí. Va más allá haciendo bastante más de lo que se espera de él.»

But he did have initiative, faith and the will to win.

If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity.

Barnes literally thought  himself into a partnership with the great Edison! He thought himself into a fortune. He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to KNOW WHAT HE WANTED, AND THE DETERMINATION TO STAND BY THAT DESIRE UNTIL HE REALIZED IT. He had no money to begin with. He had but little education. He had no influence. But he did have initiative, faith, and the will to win. With these intangible forces he made himself number one man with the greatest inventor who ever lived.

You will never have a definite purpose in life, you will never have self-confidence, you will never have initiative and leadership unless you first create these qualities in your imagination and see yourself in possession of them.

The world does not pay men for that which they know. It pays them for what they DO, or induce others to do.

The fear of criticism robs man of his initiative, destroys his power of imagination, limits his individuality, takes away his self-reliance, and does him damage in a hundred other ways

habits, such as your self-confidence, enthusiasm, initiative, and persistence. When you change these habits, you make profound changes that will have a major influence on everything you do and how successful you will be.

Master salespeople know what they want. They know how to plan the acquiring of what they want. Moreover, they have the initiative to put their plan into action.

Don't wait! The time will never be just right.

Nu astepta - niciodata nu va fi momentul potrivit.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do. Enthusiasm is the mainspring of the mind which urges one to put knowledge into action.

Finally, when young people who "want to help mankind" come to me asking, "What should I do? I want to reduce poverty, save the world," and similar noble aspirations at the macro-level, my suggestion is: 1) Never engage in virtue signaling; 2) Never engage in rent-seeking; 3) You must start a business. Put yourself on the line, start a business.

that very rare ability called imagination, that rarer quality called courage, and who make things happen.

Courage (risk taking) is the highest virtue. We need entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs are selected to be just doers, not thinkers, and doers do, they don't talk.

It is more difficult to be a loser in a game you set up yourself.

No one is coming to save me; no one is coming to make life right for me; no one is coming to solve my problems. If I don't do something, nothing is going to get better.

How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent controlled starvation and confirmed how quickly it impacts the initiative and generosity we like to think of as American characteristics.

Griping is for those without a plan of action...

No task is a long one but the task on which one dare not start. It becomes a nightmare.

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change.