Quotes About Proactivity

Better lite a candle than complain about the darkness

Better to light a candle than complain about the darkness.

For years I heeded the warning: Do monthly breast self-exams. Like most women, I did them on a 'sort of' basis. Every few months I'd sort of do a quick feel, but never as thoroughly as the doctors urged. I didn't want to go looking for trouble. If you look for it, you might find it. Looking for cancer is unsettling. Thank God I looked.

Don't wait for life to tap you on the shoulder.Go out and tap it .

Sitting on my butt waiting on opportunities won't do me any good.

We want people who work for us to be entrepreneurs. We like them to look at ideas. We like them to chase ideas. We like them to not be what I call a caretaker of an asset.

Sometimes we just sit around and sit on our hands and don't do anything because it's like, 'Hey, that's not my problem.' You can't do that when you're a superhero.

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry--do something about it. Worry less, and act more.

Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.

The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don't have it well designed!

If you want to accomplish anything in life, you can't just sit back and hope it will happen. You've got to make it happen.

The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things.

Take a lesson from the mosquito. She never waits for an opening - she makes one.

They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less on the amount of time we possess than on the use we make of our time.

Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.

Good things come to those who initiate.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Here's my philosophy in life: If there's a fire, you put it out. If there's a flood, you fill sandbags and you build a dike. You roll up your sleeves and you get to work.

You don't have to wait for things to happen to live your life.

Don't sit around waiting for it to happen. Get out there and make it happen!

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain.