Initiative Quotes

"Power is not given to you. You have to take it." "Predicting rain doesn’t count. Building arks does" "I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing." "These problems were not created by government action, or government inaction. We created them, and only we can fix them" "Don't wait for an opportunity. Create it." "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." "Things don't correct themselves, you've got to go out there and work hard to correct them" "To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities." "It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish" "I’m far from a Harvard student, just had the balls to do it" "By the time I was 13, I had my first project" "One person can make a difference, and everyone should try" "Taking initiative pays off. It is hard to visualize someone as a leader if she is always waiting to be told what to do." "Good leaders don’t make excuses Instead they figure out a way to get it done" "You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change"