Quotes About Proactivity

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

Don't wait for the opportunity, create it.

So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round.

We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

very wary of judging people just on the basis of how smart they sound, and particularly on their ability to find problems or fault with ideas. These are dangerous people. They are smart enough to stop things from happening, but not action oriented enough to find ways of overcoming the problems they have identified.

Your true self or your higher self or your superhero self...gets validation from within (I love and trust myself, this feels right to me, I have a purpose, I am loved), it's proactive (I'm in control of my life, I think I'll head on out and kick me some ass), love-based, and is committed to creating based on your limitless potential-- as soon as you wake up from the Big Snooze.

Time comes to those who make it, not those who try to find it.

If you're always late, start being early.

If you wait for someone else to make things better, you'll be waiting a very long time

When I saw a problem, I solved it. I wouldn't stay powerless for long.

Meglio accendere la luce che lamentarsi del buio»

Don't leave "broken windows" (bad designs, wrong decisions, or poor code) unrepaired. Fix each one as soon as it is discovered. If there is insufficient time to fix it properly, then board it up. Perhaps you can comment out the offending code, or display a "Not Implemented" message, or substitute dummy data instead. Take some action to prevent further damage and to show that you're on top of the situation.

There is a time for weighing evidence and a time for acting. And if there's one thing I've learned throughout my work in finance, government, and conservation, it is to act before problems become too big to manage.

One of our secret-sauce powers is that our people don't just write checks and place the ads, but our employees go the extra mile to get things done.

People can expect that from me as premier: If there's something to be done, something to be fixed, it'll happen.

We are never complacent. My job is to make us look 10 years out and be prepared.

I choose to be more prepared than I'm expected to be.

My mother would say, 'Stay ready so you don't have to get ready.' I spent a lot of my early years preparing for beautiful moments that have unfolded in my life so far.

Attacking is better than defending.

One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

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