Quotes About Initiative

Enthusiasm is the key but action opens the door.

If you do nothing, nothing will get done and nothing will change.

You have to have courage to begin anything. Without courage and enthusiasm, there is nothing.

Take action today and at this moment.

We must not wait for things to come, believing that they are decided by irrescindable destiny. If we want it, we must do something about it.

It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.

If you want something done right, do it yourself.

My father instilled in me that if you don't see things happening the way you want them to, you get out there and make them happen.

If you feel strongly about someone, go up to them. Pursue what you want in life. Why be shy about something like that?

People need to wake up and realize that life doesn't wait for you. If you want something, get up and go after it.

My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

No sheep wants to be first through the gate, but every sheep will be second.

But to take no action is to fail for sure. I might as well get started. My first step is to choose my attitude.

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.

Attend to the Mission Statement One of the most important dimensions of this anthropological work is researching the culturally approved language of the institution. A junior member of an organization who wishes to persuade those in power of the merits of a new and potentially threatening initiative would be well advised to couch his or her proposal in the language that is spoken and approved by those in power.

you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will.

If you want to be an action person be proactive rather than reactive...

Successful people got to where they did because they did something, and all successful endeavors exist because of those who acted.

Be first: achieve every dream.

Daring also means to act, however, and if you are not willing to act, then you have already lost the game.

My motto is: hit first, ask questions later....

If you cannot get a job then make a living for yourself.

Don't sit back and wait for life to happen to you. Have a plan and take the needed steps to create what you want."