Quotes About Initiative

Doing, not learning to do, is the essence of entrepreneurship.

Investors are looking for people who can implement ideas, not only come up with them.

A man descending is propelled by inertia; the only initiative left him is whether or not he decides to enjoy the passing scene.

You see, I have come to believe in self-help, individual initiative, the love of what you do, and the full development of all individuals. I am constantly disappointed by how little we expect of ourselves and of the world.

The curious sterility of utopias comes from the absence within them of any scope for initiative, any room for plurality.

I got in touch with my agent and told him I wanted to start going out on things again.

We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.

If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.

I have returned to the Amazon to thank the people that were involved in my rescue and upon meeting them I realised that their life is in danger. They have asked for my help on a community-based initiation of a tourism project.

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Everywhere you look, there is a charity or a project in school to get involved in. In eighth grade, there was this program called CJSF, California Junior Scholarship Foundation. We were involved in soup kitchens and toy drives, and your school can set up something like that. If your school doesn't have a program like that, set one up.

When I first took over the team in 2014, the message was, even if you're on the right track, if you sit there, you'll get run over.

I drove a tractor almost as soon as I could reach the pedals.

It's been years, decades, since a president has lost a major trade initiative. That would be bad headlines.

If you think something should be done, take the trouble to write to me about it, and together we will decide the time and manner of doing it.

The most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.

In that case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon!

He's just not that into you if he's not asking you out. Because if he likes you, trust me, he will ask you out.

Trust is a risk game. The leader must ante up first.

They made a profound impression on me. I sensed that they knew about some sort of "secret sauce," a way to be deeply happy regardless of conditions. And I sensed that they would willingly share it with me but would never force it upon me. I would have to take the initiative if I wanted to experience it for myself.

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

The less you think and the more you do, the better things tend to become.

But he didn't say anything, he just turned the lens on me. I waited for him to lead us in, but he said nothing. And then it struck me, one of those moments when a switch just flips in your head. Ah. So this is how it's going to be. I need to lead, and the camera will follow.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.