Quotes About Initiative

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and there's nothing doing, so I decide to make something happen by lunch.

If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to the biggest guy on the block, stand in his face and get it started. Then go around, brigade by brigade, making it make sense.

I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available.

One day when I was 14 I put together a makeshift CV and walked into this weird boutique in Pinner, near where I lived, to ask if they needed a Saturday assistant. They didn't, but the owner took me on anyway.

I literally asked Giovanna to be my girlfriend the day I met her when she walked into assembly when we were 13, literally straight away.

The best way to be, is to do.

If the opportunities are a little limited, then you've got to try to find a way to make something happen the best way you can.

No Tinder, no Match, nothing. I don't mind going up to people when I'm out. I have a better chance of getting a read on them that way.

If you can make a movie, make one. If you can sing a song, sing it. If you can write a play, write it. If you want to run for office, run. But do something to make this world a better place.

Good managers have a bias for action.

I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.

I like people who try to do big things.

He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work.

I feel, for the most part, especially in comedy, you make your own work, and maybe that's true across the board.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

We need to take a breath and find big ways and small ways to get active.

These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again.

I like to build things. I like to do things.

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

The world is full of people who say, 'But I had that idea first,' but did they do anything about it? Nope, they sat on their bum dreaming.

Business leaders cannot be bystanders.

I've always been an entrepreneur. I start businesses for a living.

I am a fierce advocate for the economic empowerment of all women. In the Congress, I am one of the leaders of an initiative called 'When Women Succeed, America Succeeds.' It is an economic agenda for women aimed at making sure women have equal pay for equal work, paid sick leave, and affordable child care.

Aspiring entrepreneurs are often advised to work at a startup for a couple of years first, to understand what's involved. But often, each company's approach to success is very narrow. So my advice is, 'Just do it.'