Quotes about Initiative
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
— Abraham Lincoln
Don't just try to find great opportunities. Find an opportunity and make it great.
— Robert Kiyosaki
The solution is to develop a bias for action. Don't think, Can I? Instead think, How can I?
— John Maxwell
He had no influence. But he did have initiative, faith, and the will to win.
— Napoleon Hill
In other words, If you don't take action, you won't get any results You are not your resume, you are your work
— Seth Godin
God does not need to provide any resources for what you are not doing.
— Richard Blackaby
Many people never see God part the Jordan River in their lives because their feet are firmly planted on dry ground. We're waiting for God to make a move while God is waiting for us to make a move. We say to God, "Why don't you part this river?" And God says to us, "Why don't you get your feet wet?" But if you make a move, you'll see God move. And He can move heaven and earth.
— Mark Batterson
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives.
— Les Brown
A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded.
— Nelson Mandela
What women rightly long for is spiritual and moral initiative from a man, not spiritual and moral domination.
— John Piper
Jesus was the Son of God. Yet He never took the initiative to dream a dream or launch a new ministry. He lived His life in absolute dependence upon His Father. If Jesus was that dependent on the Father, then you and I should realize how ludicrous it is for us to set out on our own without any direction or guidance from the Father.
— Henry Blackaby
Our actions are not simply links in a closed chain of causally connected physical events. We have the capacity to be first causes, starting a new chain of cause and effect.
— Nancy Pearcey