Quotes About Initiative

When you have an idea about something, let begin to work on it to bring it to life

Nothing is going to work out unless you step up and make it happen.

Get off of my shoulders. The foundation has been laid, now its time for you to build on it and get to work.

It's called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSIT. Don't wait. Just ship.

Touch paper only once.

The world's most successful people didn't wait for someone else to pick them, but instead, they picked themselves.

Give your idea a chance. You'll never hit a home run (or a base hit for that matter) if you don't swing.

Don't expect others to hand success to you. Create it - with heart, energy and enterprise - and you'll make it come true

True leaders don't give consoling answers, they take constructive actions.

You cannot build an empire hands folded.

Don't wait for people to dress your bed for you, do it yourself and you'll be glad to sleep and feel relaxed.

A dream may encourage us, but at the end of the day, it's just a dream. We should also learn how to make a move.

A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk.

As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles.

I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

A man will succeed in anything about which he has real enthusiasm, in which he is genuinely interested, provided that he will take more thought about his job than the men working with him. The fellow who sits still and does what he is told will never be told to do big things.

Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.

But God ain't going to do a thing until you get up and do something yourself. Everything starts with you.

Do your homework, even if you gotta assign it yourself. Then leave your ill-prepared competition in the highlighter dust, because they can't keep up with your laser-focused Smize.

Even when opportunity knocks a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door

The hardest part of any journey is taking that first step.

The man who said he never had a chance, never took a chance.

There are people who make things happen, those who watch what happens, and those who wonder what happened.