Quotes about Initiative

he understood that her courage and initiative were all for others, and that she had none for herself. It was evident that the effort of speaking had been much greater than her studied composure betrayed, and that at his first word of reassurance she had dropped back into the usual, as a too-adventurous child takes refuge in its mother's arms.

He says "I love you" first, even when we respond with an indifferent shrug or the equivalent of a passing, "Oh, thanks." And in this we discover why it might be hard for us to move toward others: the one taking the initiative in the relationship—the one who loves most—is the one who risks humiliation.

God does not need to provide any resources for what you are not doing.

You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.

The wide awake man seizes opportunities or makes them, and thus those who are widest awake usually come to the front.

Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.

When you summon the courage to do what others won't, you will have in life what others don't.

Most people wait until everything is just right before they do anything. They refuse to go out on a limb where the fruit is. They refuse to bet on themselves.

You don't have to be great to start. But you do have to start to be great.

Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more

The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.

There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.