Initiative Quotes

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." "Things don't correct themselves, you've got to go out there and work hard to correct them" "To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities." "It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish" "I’m far from a Harvard student, just had the balls to do it" "By the time I was 13, I had my first project" "One person can make a difference, and everyone should try" "Taking initiative pays off. It is hard to visualize someone as a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do." "Good leaders don’t make excuses Instead they figure out a way to get it done" "You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change" "I ain't the type to sit around and let things happen to me. I happen to things" "We’re making a step—it’s just a baby-step, but it’s a step" "For anything to change, someone has to start acting differently." "If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem" "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking." "The beginning is the most important part of the work." "Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do." "It is not enough to want, one has to act." "You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader" "I could either watch it happen or be a part of it."