Category Archives: initiative quotes

“The prayer of the chicken hawk does not get him the chicken.”  Swahili proverb 

“Trust only movement.  Life happens at the level of events,  not of words.  Trust movement.”  Alfred Adler

“I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.”  Mahatma Gandhi 

“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.  The secret of getting started is breaking your complex,  overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks,  and then starting on the first one.” Mark Twain

“Action is eloquence.”  William Shakespeare

“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”  Anthony Robbins

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

“Begin – to begin is half the work,  let half still remain;  again begin this,  and thou wilt have finished.”  Ausonius

“Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.”  Jim Rohn