Quotes About Initiative

Don't wait for your ship to come in - swim out to it.

start today so that everything works out tomorrow

With him, an idea was implemented as soon as it was thought of.

Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

Anthony J. D'AngeloRealize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

We have been working towards providing a clean environment to the people of India, and we are doing it out of our own conviction.

I'm a public figure. It's up to me to take the initiative to explain things. It's my responsibility.

One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don't get punched first. It's the same on defense: You've got to hit first. Do your work early. That's what I was always taught. If you don't do your work early, you're done.

When you take out individual initiative, individual responsibility, and the hope that every individual is born with, to better their lives, to climb the economic ladder, to pursue happiness, that is, in fact, a neoslavery.

That's one of the things I love about entrepreneurship is that if you see something that you don't like - and if you think you have a better idea - you can pursue your model.

There are people in Baghdad pursuing the initiative that I started, and I want to give them every chance of success. I don't want to provide any distractions.

Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

I'm the guy who puts projects together.

Our future is in our hands and we must stop looking to politicians to fix matters - they can't.

I feel like if one person makes a change then everyone follows and if you want to see a change in the world, you should start it.

If I'm given an opportunity to do something, I do it. Or else I fool around with it.

I must try to do something. I'll never forgive myself if I don't try.

Lead from the front.

I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

I have been responsible for so many fronts in the past: The National Front, the United Front; the UNPA, too, was created by me.

I don't go to the federal government and say, 'Fund my program.'

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.