Quotes About Initiative

People who actually fix problems sometimes have to take risks.

Paulus abhorred inaction, always telling his son that even the wrong decision was better than no decision at all.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. NAPOLEON HILL

Success in life is in direct proportion to what you do after you do what you are expected to do.

If it's to be, it's up to me!

The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be. The problem is that no one is coming to the rescue. These

Take Action on Your Plan Immediately. Take the first step—and then the second step and the third step. Get going. Get busy. Move quickly. Don't delay. Remember: Procrastination is not only the thief of time; it is the thief of life.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Do What You Can, with What You Have, Right Where You Are

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. NAPOLEON HILL

The key to success is action.

The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be. The problem is that no one is coming to the rescue.

It would slowly become evident that when they committed themselves at last to secession, not as a threat but as an accomplished fact armed for violence, the devoted men who wanted to preserve the Southern way of life had made a tactical error. The ultimate fate of their cause would be largely determined by what was done in Washington. Leaving Washington forever, they had fatally surrendered the initiative. Now their enemies would seize it.

Instead of going about His business and allowing satan to choose the time and place of attack, Jesus took the initiative and went on the offensive immediately after His baptism.

Sometimes it's more important to seize the chance and do what you can even knowing that it won't likely account for everything, that it is to do nothing.

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.

Whut's the plan, Rob? said one of them. OK lads, this is what we'll do. As soon as we see somethin', we'll attack it. Right? The best plans are the simplest ones ...

Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

The phrase 'Someone ought to do something' was not, by itself, a helpful one. People who used it never added the rider 'and that someone is me'.

The worst thing you can do is nothing.

If Not You, Who Else?

Don't wish , Miss Tick had said. Do things.

Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

The gods help those who help themselves, and my word, didn't I help myself.