10 Initiative Quotes to Excite You

Taking Initiative

1. Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. -Victor Hugo 

2. Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life? -Tony Robbins 

3. Genius is initiative on fire. -Holbrook Jackson 

4. Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act. -Sylvia Earle 

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

6. When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference. -Samuel Dash 

7. Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work. -Anna Pavlova 

8. One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants. -Donald Johanson 

9. Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems. -Stephen Covey 

10. The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative. -Harry Browne