Quotes About Proactive

My mother had never had a day's illness in her life and never thought to have checks. Then, at 78, she discovered she had breast cancer and passed away the next year. But if she'd had a check two years before, they could have done something about it, they could have saved her.

God doesn't want us to sit around all our lives in a passive way, waiting for something good to happen. He wants us to be proactive, with His help, in seeking out good things for ourselves.

Good service means never having to ask for anything.

One thing I've found is that if you educate and show people the risk, they will do something about it.

I never work backwards.

I have to just keep being aggressive. Once I see openings I just have to take them and not be passive.

A striking illustration of the fact that true policy does not regard only the immediate necessities of the hour, but must ever look still more keenly to the future.

Action is worry's worst enemy

Never wait for trouble.

Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure.

The world cannot continue to build larger health care systems where you just sit around and wait for people to get sick.

I heavily overinvest in recruiting. I have an understanding with certain search firms that if you find someone great, don't wait until there's a job opening - send him to me.

Last, in restaurants you spend a lot of time dealing with people who are very unhappy. Soup has been spilled on their laps, they've waited 10 minutes to get their check so they can leave, and you learn how to listen, I think, in a much more proactive way than government does.

I worked with a chiropractor who does some manual therapy, some acupuncture. The big thing is to do something on a regular basis, rather than waiting to get hurt.

I've never been the actor that's waiting for a job. I always have 15,000 other things going on.

Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms.

Since the events of September 11, we've rightfully changed our military strategy so we're now taking the fight to those individuals who aim to do us harm, rather than waiting for another atrocious attack to happen.

With epidemics, people have been standing on the shore, waiting for the gusher to hit the ocean. But to prevent epidemics, you have to look at the various little sources that feed into the river.

Sometimes I call directors. Sometimes I just meet with them. It just happens. It's not that I'm pushy. It comes naturally. But I go ahead. I don't stay in my armchair, waiting for the phone to ring.

Business needs to push the agenda rather than waiting for it to happen.

I am not a player who stays on the edge of the box and waits for a chance.

The best time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Going on the offense is no longer optional, for one simple reason: defense alone means a shrinking business.