75 Of The Very Best Taking Initiative Quotes

~Taking Initiative Quotes~

1. Genius is initiative on fire-Holbrook Jackson
2. Success comes from taking the initiative and following up… persisting… eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?-Tony Robbins
3. Initiative is doing the right things without being told-Elbert Hubbard
4. It takes more than capital to swing business. You’ve got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by – Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics-Isaac Asimov
5. Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions-Bo Bennett
6. The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things-Stephen Covey
7. Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves – who can take initiative and be the solution to problems-Stephen Covey
8. Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves – and be free-Cesar Chavez
9. Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things-Jesse Jackson
10. Never relinquish the initiative-Charles de Gaulle
11. You cannot build character and courage by destroying men’s initiative and independence-William J. H. Boetcker
12. The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do – by yourself, upon your own initiative-Harry Browne
13. I’ve always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself-Eddie Murphy
14. Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement-Louis D. Brandeis
15. Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit-Conrad Hilton
16. Be willing to make decisions. That’s the most important quality in a good leader. Don’t fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire-T. Boone Pickens
17. The right man is the one who seizes the moment-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
18. A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe-Georges Clemmanceau
19. I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not-Lucille Ball
20. If you don’t make dust, you eat dust-Motto of Jack A. MacAllister
21. Do not lie in a ditch, and say God help me; use the lawful tools He hath lent thee-English Proverb
22. Luck comes to a man who puts himself in the way of it. You went where something might be found and you found something, simple as that-Louis L’Amour
23. Eagles don’t flock-Ross Perot
24. A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow-George Patton
25. Things may come to those who wait, but only things left by those who hustle-attributed to Abraham Lincoln
26. Even if you’re on the right track you’ll get run over if you just sit there-Will Rogers
27. An idea is worthless unless you use it-John Maxwell
28. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved-William Jennings Bryan
29. If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it-Jonathan Winters
30. Success comes to the person who does today what you were thinking about doing tomorrow-Anon
31. Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference-Nolan Bushnell
32. You can’t cross a sea by merely staring into the water-Rabindranath Tagore
33. Anything worth doing is worth doing now-Ralph Stayer
34. If opportunity doesn’t knock – build a door-Milton Berle
35. You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there-Edwin Louis Cole
36. Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory-General George S. Patton, Jr.
37. Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone-Robert Allen
38. If you can’t feed 1,000 people, then feed one-Mother Teresa
39. Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now-Marcel Proust
40. Take stands, take risks, take responsibility-Muriel Siebert
41. You create opportunities by performing, not complaining-Muriel Siebert
42. You’ve got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference-Chris Evert
43. When eagles are silent, parrots begin to chatter-Winston Churchill
44. If you don’t go after what you want, you could spend your entire life settling for what you can get-Mo Stegall
45. Daily Decisions Determine Destiny-Gretchen K. Ulmer
46. ‘Bigger isn’t always better’, but you won’t know unless you try-Jordan D. Ulmer
47. If life is moving slowly… Run faster!-Jordan D. Ulmer
48. Cut your own path and make your life happen-Shawn Harris
49. It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not-James Gordon
50. Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible-St. Fransis of Assisi
51. But never forget that you can only stumble if you are moving-Richard P. Carlton
52. Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle-Orlando Battista
53. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing-Walt Disney
54. The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch-Jim Rohn
55. Most people spend their entire lives on a fantasy island called ‘Someday I’ll-Denis Waitley
56. The greatest risk in life is to wait for and depend upon others for your own security-Denis Waitley
57. Chance favors those in motion-James Austin
58. There never was a winner who wasn’t a beginner-Denis Waitley
59. Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
60. You can always find a capable helping hand at the end of your own sleeve-Zig Ziglar
61. Two sure ways to fail: Think and never do, or do and never think-Zig Ziglar
62. You can’t do everything at once, but you can do something at once-Zig Ziglar
63. The first choice we make each and every day is, “Will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon?-Stephen Covey
64. 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-Chuck Norris
65. God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest-Anonymous
66. You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great-Les Brown
67. Doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without immediate risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business-Thomas Watson Jr.
68. I have found opportunities do not come to those who wait. They are captured by those who attack-William Danforth
69. Implement now, perfect later-Larry Winget
70. The first part of success is Get-to-it-iveness; the second part of success is Stick-to-it-iveness-Orison Marden
71. Don’t wait until you feel positive to move forward. Act your way into feeling good-John Maxwell
72. The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones-William Faulkner
73. There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen-Hugh Prather
74. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now-Anonymous
75. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not to suffer-Niccolò Machiavelli

~Taking Initiative Quotes~