Quotes About Initiative

Nations which have got on in the world have done so by action, not by ebullition.

There's no such thing as ready," she says. "There's only willing.

If you want something to actually happen, just voting isn't enough.

Let me but make a beginning, let me but strike the world in a vulnerable spot, and I can take it by storm.

We've led the way in the $15 minimum wage.

Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

We don't want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Don't wait for the perfect time to start making changes to your life; the time is now.

I'd tell my 20-year-old self, 'Don't be afraid to do it all. Whatever you're interested in, just go for it. Don't wait around for a better time.'

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.

Leadership is a mindset in action. So don't wait for the title. Leadership isn't something that anyone can give you - you have to earn it and claim it for yourself.

To fight fear, act. To increase fear - wait, put off postpone.

Never wait for trouble.

As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place.

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

Don't sit around and wait for the opportunities to come. You have to get up and make those opportunities come.

I can't sit around and wait for the telephone to ring.

You shouldn't wait for other people to make special things happen. You have to create your own memories.

The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you.

I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.

I didn't want to wait around for some business entity to come around and give me money and tell me what to do. We just started releasing records as best we could.

If you sit around and wait for things to happen, they're not going to happen the way you want.

If I had to wait around for somebody to pick me for lieutenant governor, I never would have been picked.