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Initiative |
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Quotations
 | The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 14 likes |
 | Have the courage to act instead of react. — Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer 8 likes |
 | Thus the expert commander in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 5 likes |
 | Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 5 likes |
 | Either define the moment or the moment will define you. — Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet 5 likes |
 | Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 5 likes |
 | Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 3 likes |
 | To succeed in life you need not only initiative but also finishiative. — Z.J. Blaine, (unidentified) 2 likes |
 | Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. — George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet 1 likes |
 | Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary |
 | The wise does at once what the fool does at last. |
 | Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. |
 | My life didn’t please me, so I created my life. |
 | No man is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative. |
 | Believe me, the world won't give you any gifts. If you want to have a life, steal it. — Lou Andreas-Salomé, 1861-1937, Russian-German writer & psychoanalyst |
Quotes in Verse
 | Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking. — Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright 7 likes |
