Quotes About Initiative

Organized people are just too lazy to go looking for what they want.

The nature of psychological compulsion is such that those who act under constraint remain under the impression that they are acting on their own initiative. The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free. That he is not free is apparent only to other people. His servitude is strictly objective.

Deja de pensar tonterías y actúa.

You must on no account attempt to use the squares given in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage until you have succeeded in the Operation. More, unless you mean to perform it, and are prepared to go to any length to do so, you are a fool to have the book in your possession at all. Those squares are liable to get loose and do things on their own initiative; and you won't like it.

The only way I'm going to make any friends is if I take the first step.

The successful people are the ones that can think up stuff for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

DO take the initiative and introduce yourself to the people you don't know. DO say your first and last names: "Hello, I'm Heather Wells." This saves the other person from asking, "What's your last name?" DO be inclusive and greet the people you know, even if you saw them just hours earlier.

And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative, of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death.

Offensive Takeaway Point: We should look for a way to stop responding to initiatives of the adversary and start behaving in such a way that they have to figure out how to respond to us. Take the initiative.

Nothing is going to change, unless someone does something soon

Dont ask permission, just ask forgiveness.

Action is the difference-make r. Remember that. If you're ready to take a big step forward, seek an open door as if your life depended on it. When you find it, go in bold and make it count.

Things won't start your life for you. I'm learning that. You have have to start your life for yourself.

An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope.

The best motivating is self-motivating. The guy says, "I wish someone would come by and turn me on. "What if they don't show up? You've got to have a better plan for your life."

One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.

How could I be out there and not do anything?

Every child should be placed on a doorstep to sell something. It's the best possible training for life.

One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.

I'm not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.

One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants.