Quotes About Initiative

No one is going to give me opportunities. I've gotta take them.

My parents always used to tell us not to complain about things but do something about them, so 'Can't is not an option' was almost a way of life.

There weren't many plays for me. A lot of my stats came off broken plays, or when I didn't allow the options to play out and just took the shot.

In design-led organizations, design permeates every initiative and expression. It's embedded in the culture.

Take action. When you take action, you can create the outcome.

One thing an exceptional employee never says is, 'That's not in my job description.' Exceptional employees work outside the boundaries of job descriptions.

I used to think that to make something happen in a corporation or in the army, you had to be at the higher ranks, to be a general. But you just need to start a movement.

Good managers have a bias for action.

Successful men are defined by thier actions; Unsuccessful men are defined by actions not taken.

Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. W. H. Murray, The Scottish Himalaya Expedition

Maybe answers are found not in observing but in doing. Doing the right thing" -Eva Nine

Sometimes you gotta run before you can walk.

you can't depend on people who just let things happen

And if one doesn't dare to do something immediately then one never does it.

Be strong, be vigilant, strike first. And trust nobody.

But my dear sir, the United Irishmen were primarily Protestants – their leaders were Protestants. Wolfe Tone and Napper Tandy were Protestants. The Emmets, the O'Connors, Simon Butler, Hamilton Rowan, Lord Edward Fitzgerald were Protestants. And the whole idea of the club was to unite Protestant and Catholic and Presbyterian Irishmen. The Protestants it was who took the initiative.

Lord Nelson's maxim 'Never mind manoeuvres: always go straight at 'em.

Too many people spend too much time trying to perfect something before they actually do it. Instead of waiting for perfection, run with what you go, and fix it along the way…

If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Only extraordinary leaders take the initiative and seek out this training. Generally, most of today's officers feel that they don't need the training, or that it is too easy. Yet these are the same officers who are overwhelmed in the stress of combat while trying to process all the incoming information under chaotic conditions.

Effective combat leadership should empower the fighting troops to take initiative and decisive action at the lowest level to support the common goal.

Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.

The world only gets better because people risk something to make it better. Thanks Egyptians