Quotes About Initiative

Get there first with the most men.

To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.

No man [or woman] is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative.

A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

I dream of men who take the next step instead of worrying about the next thousand steps.

It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.

Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.

As a wise man once said, 'If not us, then who; if not now, then when?'

Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead, start where you stand.

I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

If not now, when? If not you, who?

if we don't act , we're just standing still. and the act of standing still is the same as moving backwards when everyone else is in motion all around us, around the world

Moses never called for a committee when the Egyptians were breathing down his neck.

What remains to be done must be done by you; since in order not to deprive us of our free will and such share of glory as belongs to us, God will not do everything himself.

That she had somehow taken the initiative to learn my name should have struck me then, but it did not. Instead, as she stood on the street with the rain coming down and mascara running onto her cheeks, all I could think was that I'd never seen anyone more beautiful.

You talk to the boss about your ideas and things like that, and all he can say is yes or no. I mean, you don't open your mouth, you don't give him your ideas, you're not really trying.

Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward.

It's my fault in many cases because I don't initiate the contact to talk with a lot of other musicians.

A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.

My mother used to always say to me, 'Do naught, get naught.' It's an adage that I hold by. If you don't do anything, you can't really expect anything.

I figured that the way to get an undertaking like this on the move was to throw some cold beer at it...

Roger that, Lieutenant. We're boots to the ground. You need firepower? Walker shook his head at the man's enthusiasm. No firepower necessary. We're using brains today, Cudahy. I know it may be a novel experience for you four, but it's a good time to start.

Change comes through action.