Best 124 quotes in «initiative quotes» category

It’s better to be called Stupid initially while trying something different rather than being termed stupid for not taking any initiative.

I was brought up,' Freddy informed him, 'not to suffer anxiety about decisive initiative of all types.

Many lose through never starting. A job well begun is half done.

Me, sweep him off his feet? I know. The laws of the jungle and romance novels would have it the other way around, but I’m not going to wait one more second for that.

My dilemma is that of the civil servant. If a civil servant takes an initiative and things go right with it, he cannot, in the nature of his employment, look for much in the way of reward; whereas if his initiative goes wrong, he can expect all kinds of trouble, everything from reprimand to blocked promotion, and a permanent black mark against his name in the files. It is accepted, therefore, that the way to advance in the civil service, or in any field where civil service conditions prevail, is never take an initiative and never to support anyone else's. It is inevitable that this should be so.

Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.

Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.

The best way to predict future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

The fact is that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

The gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage.

The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset.

Traditional corporations, particularly large-scale service and manufacturing businesses are organized for efficiency. Or consistency. But not joy. Joy comes from surprise and connection and humanity and transparency and new...If you fear special requests, if you staff with cogs, if you have to put it all in a manual, then the chances of amazing someone are really quite low. These organizations have people who will try to patch problems over after the fact, instead of motivated people eager to delight on the spot. The alternative, it seems, is to organize for joy. These are the companies that give their people the freedom (and the expectation) that they will create, connect and surprise. These are the organizations that embrace someone who make a difference, as opposed to searching the employee handbook for a rule that was violated.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!

It does not matter how strong well prepared you are, if you have no direction

Luck is what we make it, not what is thrust upon us. You've shown initiative and it has nothing to do with luck.

No matter how ridiculous your dream may sound to others, you owe yourself the responsibility of stepping out to do it.

Take action and be brave Theodor for it is fear and inaction that kills.

The first time, she’d done it off her own instincts, and he’d ripped her to shreds for not including the team in her decisions, but since then, he’d asked her what she’d have done if alone. This was why. There would always come a time when no one could help. Working alone meant making those choices, taking those chances.

The man who goes to the top is the man who has something to say and says it when circumstances warrant. Men who keep silent underdressed are moral cowards.

The most difficult thing about writing; is writing the first line.

There are some things I would gladly do, but not if someone told me to.

There is no " i " in team. But there are two in motivation.

The revelation is this: don't wait for some revelation. We make our own luck.

Truman said he only needed a daily intelligence digest to keep from having to read a two-foot stack of cables every morning.