Quotes about Initiative

Don't think. Act. We can always revise and revisit once we've acted. But we can accomplish nothing until we act.

Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it. Begin it now.

God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.

In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.

He who would be free must strike the first blow.

A large part of the father's life had been spent waiting. He could not force his younger son to come home or his older son to let go of his resentments. Only they themselves could take the initiative to return.

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.

I think it's a sin to sit down and let your life go without making a try for it.

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hopes that the cow will back up to them.

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.

The world bestows its big prizes, both in money and in honors, for but one thing. And that is initiative. What is initiative? I'll tell you: it is doing the right thing without being told.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.