Quotes About Initiative

If I ever want to get back into coaching I should be calling teams they shouldn't be calling me. That's when you know you really want to do it.

I'm a self-made man since I left college at the age of 18.

Under President Obama's leadership, the United States has done more to combat climate change than ever before.

No matter how commonplace or dull your first job's duties seem, chances are you can find something to do that others don't want to and make it your own.

Communication is an issue where we can improve, and if I can do anything to help, I am happy to.

The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

Don't sit there and complain. Rub your hands together and figure out what to do.

The next big project, you yourself have to conceive.

Connecticut has long been a leader on addressing climate change.

Action conquers fear.

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

The U.K. is leading the way to build sustainable economies.

The only way you can get a hit is if you take a swing.

After 9/11, I didn't look to go sit on the Swiss desk - I stepped up. I was not on the sidelines.

I'm the spokesperson for the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees. My father was from Syria. It's an American initiative, and it's multi-faith. So, it's maybe 60-65 different organisations, Jews, Christians, Hindus... Anyway, it's very important and serious.

He's the kind that lets out all his sail and then puffs to make his own wind.

Where you begin doesn't matter. Your willingness to start is what counts.

God does not need to provide any resources for what you are not doing.

You're guaranteed to miss every shot you don't take.

The best lesson I learned was to just do it. It doesn't matter what it is, or how hard it might seem, as the ancient Greek, Plato, said, 'The beginning is the most important part of any work

To be successful you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running.

In future just remember one thing: you're guaranteed to miss every shot you don't take.

Screw it. Let's do it.

Only the free-wheeling artist-explorer, non-academic, scientist-philosopher, mechanic, economist-poet who has never waited for patron-starting and accrediting of his co-ordinate capabilities holds the prime initiative today.