Quotes About Initiative

From the age of 11, I was taught the importance of earning my own money. I would babysit, walk dogs, clean cars, and work at the local corner shop and the butcher's. If I wanted to buy something, I always bought it myself.

No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.

Improvement begins with I.

Inaction may be safe, but it builds nothing.

When rewards go up, people are more inclined to take risks.

Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.

I have always been a business person.

It's okay to want, but DO something about it.

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

Future strong leadership means being willing to stand alone. Often, the times we feel most vulnerable are when we stand alone, before others join us. When we choose to be the first voice echoing above the silence. Standing strong, alone.

Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action The Evangelical Climate Initiative 2006

Actions, not words, are the ultimate results of leadership.

Do more than you're supposed to do and you can have or be or do anything you want.

Without a doubt, discovering destiny occurs at just the right time. It can't be forced, and we can't rush it. We typically cannot even imagine it. God takes the initiative to lift us up when he chooses.

I was 16. I wrecked my truck and the only way I could pay to fix it was to get a job. So I applied at a Subway.

My father-in-law and I always had great interest in Indian sport. At the Athens Olympics, watching the wrestling event, we started discussing the state of Indian sport - inadequate representation, lack of satisfactory results etc. We thought we should do something about it.

You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.

That's the beginning of heroism, the decision to try.

That's the beginning of heroism, the decision to try.

The most important step is the first step. All those old sayings are really true. Well begun is half done. Don't get it perfect, get it going. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Nothing is more exhausting than the task that's never started, and strangely, starting is often far harder than continuing.

when encouraging Questioners to take action, it can be useful to remind them, Just try it. It's an experiment.

Hiçbir ÅŸey, asla baÅŸlamayan bir görevden daha yorucu deÄŸildir.

Each day gave me a new opportunity to push the task off until tomorrow. Tomorrow, I'd feel like dealing with it. "Start now," I finally thought. "Just take the first step." I started with the smallest possible step

Entrepreneurship is about doing, not learning to do.