Quotes About Initiative

Chances don't approach you, it's you who approach chances.

All one needs is a computer, a network connection, and a bright spark of initiative and creativity to join the economy.

Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

Americans are responsible not only for really starting a lot of things in a lot of countries, but also for giving people the confidence to do things they might never have thought to do.

Be confident and courageous when you are about to make a start. Courage is key!

You've got to take the initiative and play your game ... confidence makes the difference.

Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.

Underneath the visible problems with reading and writing lies the deeper problem of 'illearnacy': an acquired disabling of learning courage and learning initiative.

The best way to accomplish something is to just do it, and then find the courage afterward.

It takes courage to push things forward.

Instead of antiquated notions of physical daring, courage is much more about making small choices to take initiative even when we are experiencing anxiety and facing risk.

So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.

I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.

Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.

With audacity one can undertake anything.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.

Do not analyze things to death. Sometimes the best strategy is, "Ready, fire, aim." Do it first , then make adjustments. The answer lies in action-not in words.