Quotes About Initiative

Be a creator, not just sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone to call you into the game or call our number.

For me, Test cricket at its best is all about ebb and flow of initiative, and it's always a fascinating moment of the match for me when one sides snatches it from the other.

I just try to find things that either need to be done, should be done, or where I can make a difference in a significant way. And the things I've been able to participate in have been very, very exciting.

Since signing up to Think Act Report, the majority of members are taking more action and publishing more information on gender equality.

As soon as a good script comes my way, I waste no time in signing a project.

Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.

We can always revise and revisit once we've acted. But we can accomplish nothing until we act.

Stay stupid. Trust the soup. Start before you're ready.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it. Begin it now.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it. Begin it now."   —W. H. Murray, The Scottish Himalayan Expedition

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.

Start before you're ready. Good things happen when we start before we're ready. For one thing, we show huevos. Our blood heats up. Courage begets more courage. The gods, witnessing our boldness, look on in approval.

Start playing from power. We can always dial it back later. If we don't swing for the seats from the start, we'll never be able to drive a fastball into the upper deck.

Only men who do not mind a hard life, with scanty food, little water and lots of discomfort, men who possess stamina and initiative, need apply.

Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it. Begin it now.

Reorientation means an emphasis on the dignity of man, not on the sanctity of property. It means the creation of a society where human misery and poverty are repugnant to that society, not an indication of laziness or lack of initiative. The creation of new values means the establishment of a society based on free people, not free enterprise.

Do not leave it to fate. You must be the one who does the resurrecting.

Your moment will come, and when it does, you must seize it with all the bravery you can find...Your moment will come because you'll make it come.

Once war is declared, he will not waste precious time in waiting for reinforcements, nor will he return his army back for fresh supplies, but crosses the enemy's frontier without delay.

passivity means waiting for an opportunity

At the critical moment, the leader of an army acts like one who has climbed up a height and then kicks away the ladder behind him. He carries his men deep into hostile territory before he shows his hand.

Ciente de tuas capacidades e limitações, não inicies nenhuma empreitada que não possas levar a cabo.

In the end, all it takes is one small action, by one person. One at a time.

A lot of things would be lost or undone if people sat around, waiting for a miracle.