Quotes About Initiative

Focus on action! Go on! Do it! Call them! Write it! Say it! Grab it! Who knows what 'awesome stuff' might happen? Yes - Action is the key!

It's the task that's never started that's more tiresome.

The future belongs to him that does and dares.

They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less on the amount of time we possess than on the use we make of our time.

I'm not the kind of guy to knock at a door and then when the door is opened not go in.

Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.

If you want to do something, do it!

The time is 'now' to do something - don't drag your feet.

Opportunity never comes to you but you should take initiative to get the opportunity.

Opportunity never comes to you but you should create an opportunity.

People may create your dreams with you, not for you. It's you and only you who has to think, start and continue.

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.

If we're not actively making things better, chances are we're making them worse.

The nature of encounter operations required of the commanders limitless initiative and constant readiness to take the responsibility for military actions.

Good things come to those who initiate.

I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.

To do peace, you must get up off your apathy.

My philosophy of life: "Don't just sit around doing nothing and wasting your time—get off your butt and start doing something and wasting your time.

Be bold. Don't wait. Go ahead.

Be bold! You will then see that life will find no time to attack you, because you are attacking it!

Dreaming is good, but actions are better. Actions are what transform dreams into reality.

You don't have to wait for things to happen to live your life.

There is no perfect condition so now is the perfect time and today is the perfect day to take action.

Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen. And then there are those who wonder, 'What the hell just happened?