Quotes About Initiative

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.

When the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

Take Time by the forelock.

There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.

Any time is a good time to start a company.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.

If it's a good idea, do it today. Not tomorrow. A good idea rarely gets better over time.

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand & work with whatever tools you may have.

There's never a right time to say goodbye. But I gotta make the first move 'cause if I don't you're gonna start hating me.

It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.

Every time we create something new we go from zero to one.

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.

I never analyze it. Analyzing it would just be a waste of time. I just go out and do it.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

How wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to improve the world.

Hoe heerlijk is het, dat niemand een minuut hoeft te wachten met te beginnen de wereld langzaam te doen veranderen''.

First find a path, and a little light to see by. Then push up your sleeves and start helping.

Fulfilling what you start is why you start something.

The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for someone to give you permission; quit waiting for someone to say you are officially qualified and pick yourself. It doesn't mean you have to be an entrepreneur or a freelancer, but it does mean you stand up and say, 'I have something to say. I know how to do something. I'm doing it. If you want me to do it with you, raise your hand.

Initiative and starting are about neither of these. They are about "let's see" and "try." If there's no clear right answer, perhaps the thing you ought to do is something new. Something new is often the right path when the world is complicated.

They say the best way to complain is to make things better.

The one path that never works is the most common one: doing nothing at all.