Quotes About Initiative

Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.

Whatever the wording, all our justifications for failure focus on "why it can't be done," rather than on "what else I can do." To

Arminians share with classical Calvinists a firm belief in human depravity and the necessity of divine initiative for salvation.

It seems that now is the time to take risks and strike.

Pro and con lists—one of my previous favorites—are just as bad. If it's important to you, and you want to do it eventually, just do it, and correct course along the way. Fortune favors the bold.

the chief argument of this book is that the unique powers and initiative of each individual must be rediscovered, and used as a basis for work which contributes to the good of the community, rather than melted down in the collectivist pot of conformity.

a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.

Excellence does not begin in Washington.

Don't just crit there siticising.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

no problem can be solved until an individual assumes the responsibility for solving it.

You're going to have to do something about yourself. Nobody can do it tor you.

innovators need to be disagreeable. By disagreeable, I don't mean obnoxious or unpleasant. I mean that on that fifth dimension of the Big Five personality inventory, "agreeableness," they tend to be on the far end of the continuum. They are people willing to take social risks—to do things that others might disapprove of.

I'd rather have somebody who is real stupid but did something—even if it's wrong he did something—than have somebody who'd vacillate and do nothing." That's what LeMay values.

Under normal periods any man's success hinges about five percent on what others do for him and 95 percent on what he does.

There is a universal truth that all successful people know: Nothing is ever done until you take action.

The door to success may be in front of you, but you still have to open it.

Often, it takes more guts than skill to open doors. Once the doors get opened, then it's up to you.

Your success in life depends on you more than any other external factors.

Initiative + Progress = Success.

There is always a way forward if the responsible parties are willing to act.

More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.

You cannot score a goal when you are sitting on the bench. To do so, you have to dress up and enter the game.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.