Proactivity Quotes

"Whatever the problem be part of the solution Don't just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles" "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking." "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness" "The best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing." "To sit home, read one’s favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men doing." "Always in motion is the future" "It is not enough to possess wisdom; it should be used." "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time" "Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do." "We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right." "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person." "Opportunities multiply as they are seized." "It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." "I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." "Things do not happen. Things are made to happen." "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining." "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." "One advantage — perhaps a somewhat subtle one — of a customer-driven focus is that it aids a certain type of proactivity. When we're at our best, we don't wait for external pressures. We are internally driven to improve our services, adding benefits and fe" "You can complain about the direction of your life all you want, but until you sit in the driver’s seat and begin to drive yourself, you aren't going to get where you want to go!"