Quotes About Initiative

Everything starts with one step, or one brick, or one word or one day.

'Inspiration' is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything.

If one has fear, there can be no initiative in the creative sense of the word. To have initiative in this sense is to do something original - to do it spontaneously, naturally, without being guided, forced, controlled. It is to do something which you love to do.

I didn't want to be a man of words but of action.

Self-reliance is not just words, but deeds.

Rather than wait to be discovered, discover yourself. Whatever it is that you intend to do later, start doing it now, get good at it, and show people what you've done. Actions speak louder than words.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.

There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you've got the chemistry for a lot of industry.

Years ago a friend and fellow writer, Nick Antosca, once made a remark about it being best not to threaten, but to simply act. An effective way of going about things, I think.

These three movements were born spontaneously and independently of the initiative of a few French patriots who had a place in the old political groups and parties.

Once I became the editor of the school newspaper, I had a key to the school, and I went to the school cafeteria and just took the food they threw away.

I love being the first person to play a part. I really get a big thrill out of it.

No government prospers by saying, 'I don't need to do anything. Just by being there, we have made the country thrive.'

To do nothing but grumble and not to act - that is throwing away one's life.

The whole key to a fight is throwing the first punch.

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.

The tide will at last change for us if those of us who can lead do so, and do so by not just talking but making things happen. And to to those who support us, we must call out for action, real tangible actions to help us turn this tide our way.

Remember, the only way to avoid a "no" is not to try

It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission

It's easier to get forgiveness than permission. If you wait for permissions and authorizations, your ideas will stall and never see the light of day.

The opposite of success isn't failure, it's doing nothing.

Speech can be reactionary or it can create initiative. This dynamic exists in life, too. Our experience of words is largely based on our communal culture and what realities seem important at the time. At present our society is in danger of creating a reactionary story of fear, hate, and aggression.

Once you see the glimmer of an opening, shove your foot into the crack.

What we guard against around here is people saying, 'Let's think about it.' We make a decision. Then we act on it.