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

— Mark Helprin

I won't be a slave to the past. I'll love where I choose.

— Thomas Hardy

I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.

— Louis L'Amour

Just Show Up. Guess what? Being in the right place at the right time can’t happen without your first showing up. Companies have been started, marriages made, friendships found, careers created, and opportunities seized by those people who just showed up. Whether through coincidence, serendipity, strategy, or fate, taking the initiative to show up will reward you in ways which never would have occurred if you hadn’t. Just by showing up, you have taken a proactive step to impress people by being there" in person” and demonstrating your willingness to be involved.

— Susan C. Young

Lincoln on Grant: "He makes things get. Wherever he is, he makes things move.

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— Orrin Woodward

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

— Zig Ziglar

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

— Amelia Earhart

Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.

— Robert Frost

People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with correct principles, to get the job done.

— Stephen R. Covey