Quotes About Initiative

Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.

To get the Elephant off its duff, you need to reassure it that the task won't be so bad.

Starting small can help you overcome dread.

as soon as people know what the intent is they begin generating their own solutions.

these were not stories about sudden realizations. These were stories about action.

I would want it to be learned that basically to do something. Hiding or sitting back is not going to accomplish anything. And the gunman would have been successful if my friend Spencer had not gotten up. I just want that lesson to be learned going forward. In times of terror like that, to please do something, don't just stand by and watch.

What separates a leader from the rest is not only his ability to see what needs to be done but his unhesitating execution of it, even while others watch or deliberate.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can."7

The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you.

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

Los líderes imaginan un futuro inspirador y se esfuerzan por darle forma, en vez de permanecer pasivos a la espera de lo que traiga el futuro. Los héroes sacan oro de lo que tienen a mano en lugar de esperar a tener en la mano oportunidades de oro.

Los héroes sacan oro de lo que tienen a mano en lugar de esperar a tener en la mano oportunidades de oro.

The first serious steps were taken in 2004 with the Future Handgun System (FHS) program,

YOU GONNA STAND THERE WITH YOUR BUTT ON THE BACK OF YOUR BODY OR ARE YOU GONNA GET IN ON THIS, BEEF?

The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is at hand now, and proceeds to create better times.

From the time that I can remember, I worked to make money - either baby-sitting, or one year wrapping gifts at a department store at Christmas, so I could have my own money.

Pray as if all things depend on God, and work as if all things depend on you.

Only those who row the boat make waves

I do what I can the moment I can.

Five long centuries of absolutism -from Ivan the Terrible to the Soviet seventies- had left the Russian massed submissive. In their personal lives, I found them ingenious in beating the numbing inefficiency of the state economy. Their black market was so vast that it operated as a countereconomy, even to the extent of producing underground millionaires. But in the sphere of political action, grass-roots initative was moribund.

Once the mouth is open wide, move your baby closer. Do not move your breast toward the baby, and don't push your baby's head into your breast. And be sure not to stuff your nipple into your baby's unwilling mouth—let your baby take the initiative. It might take a couple of attempts before your baby opens wide enough to latch on properly.

Actions speak louder than words. In the days to come the Goddess of Victory will bestow her laurels only on those who prepared to act with daring.

It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving.

The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till the other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.