Quotes about Initiative

I said "Somebody should do something about that." Then I realized I am somebody.

The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

Enough had been thought, and said, and felt, and imagined. It was about time that something should be done.

The era of empty talk is over. Now is the time for action.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

Take the first step. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

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

Unlike Paul Newman, who seems to think that salad dressing is the cure-all for America's ills, I'm a man of action.

Hungry people are always looking for more. More things to do. More to learn. More responsibility to take on.

The mystic experience is man's turning toward God; the prophetic act is God's turning toward man. The former is first of all an event in the life of man, contingent on the aspiration and initiative of man; the latter is first of all an event in the life of God, contingent on the pathos and initiative of God. From the mystic experience we may gain an insight of man into the life of God; from the prophetic act we learn of an insight of God into the life of man.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.