Quotes About Initiative

There are some people who interpret "proactive" to mean pushy, aggressive, or insensitive; but that isn't the case at all. Proactive people aren't pushy. They're smart, they're value driven, they read reality, and they know what's needed. Look

I will be a self-starting individual who exercises initiative in accomplishing my life's goals.

the first and most basic habit of a highly effective person in any environment, the habit of proactivity.

It was not the luck of being at the right moment in history that separated Bill Gates, but his proactive response to being at the right moment (Habit 1: Be Proactive).

The difference between people who exercise initiative and those who don't is literally the difference between night and day. I'm not talking about a 25 to 50 percent difference in effectiveness; I'm talking about a 5000-plus percent difference, particularly if they are smart, aware, and sensitive to others. It

I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a transformer in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.

Be Proactive; Begin with the End in Mind).

Associated with Habit 3: Put First Things First is the endowment of willpower. At the low end of the continuum is the ineffective, flaky life of floating and coasting, avoiding responsibility and taking the easy way out, exercising little initiative or willpower. And at the top end is a highly disciplined life that focuses heavily on the highly important but not necessarily urgent activities of life. It's a life of leverage and influence.

First, take responsibility for your life; and second, take initiative. It's that simple. Be an agent, not a victim. Don't wait for life to happen to you; happen to it. Be the driver of your life, not just a passenger. Live out of your imagination, not your past.

Many people wait for something to happen or someone to take care of them. But people who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with

No podrás cruzar el mar si implemente te quedas en la orilla mirando el agua. RABINDRANATH TAGORE, POETA

Action is the answer.

give you in the first place.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act!

If you want your boomerang to come back, first you've got to throw it.

Active, shmactive!

You cannot always wait for the perfect time. Sometimes you must dare to jump.

I would love to start a cancer organization.

I love to make things happen, I love to see things happen, I love to be a part of things that are happening.

There are some people out there who don't wait for what comes next. They decide what should come next and they go make it happen.

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to meet it!

I couldn't wait for success ? so I went ahead without it.

If your ship doesn't come in, Swim out to meet it!