Quotes About Initiative

Willpower is your ability to set a course of action and say, "Engage!"

Look for every opportunity to go the extra mile. That's how you become extra special and extra successful.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.

A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.

We have a beautiful program which is audacious and I really want us all to roll up our sleeves and to work at making it a success.

In order to be creatively satisfied and financially secure, you need to be a self-starter. I'm always assuming nothing's going to work out and I have to roll up my sleeves.

I ran my first campaign when I was 11. My slogan was 'Vote McVey, vote the right way.' I've never surpassed it!

The Small Business Administration was fundamental in helping our company. There's great initiative from the government if you know the right places to look.

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.

Being from a small town, no one else was going to breathe life into my ideas other than me, so I had to go out there and do it.

If you can't hire someone smarter than you, do it yourself.

So many opportunities are born from not asking permission.

Don't just stand there with a stupid look on your face – do something useful with a stupid look on your face!

the first step towards greatness is taking the first step

The first step towards greatness is taking the first step -Michael Wright

teachers lead by working directly with students and others who influence student learning inside and beyond the classroom. Teachers act on behalf of students by planning instruction, creating curriculum, collaborating with colleagues, taking initiative, taking the lead, and co-constructing practice on numerous levels.

Maybe… they are stocking high schools across the country with hot young librarians as part of a massive literacy initiative.

Maybe it's not even his master plan; maybe it's, like, the American Library Association's master plan, and they are stocking high schools across the country with hot young librarians as part of a massive literacy initiative.

You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action.

Leadership is an action, not a position.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door

When opportunity doesn't knock, create a door

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

for what is to be done is not for police or of the customs. It must be done by us alone and in our own way.