Joe Paterno Quotes

You don't wait for somebody to give you something. Then it's not going to happen.

But I mean, I'm a confident kid. I want to be a kid that kind of drives the bus, doesn't just be a passenger.

What's crazy is, my whole life I been a leader. I'm not a follower.

You can't lay back and wait for somebody else to do it. And I think if the president's made a mistake here, it's this laid-back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else to solve the problem.

Some people just wait for someone to take them under their wings but they should just find someones wings to grab onto.

Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident.

God helps those who help themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment …. The welfare of the workers depends on their own initiative.

If you really want something, you've gotta just do it and not wait for other people to hand it to you.

It's hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.

Initiative can neither be created nor delegated. It can only spring from the self-determining individual, who decides that the wisdom of others is not always better than his own.

I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I know the direction, whoever's on board can go with me.

Take action. Every story you've ever connected with, every leader you've ever admired, every puny little thing that you've ever accomplished is the result of taking action. You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.

Don't rely on leaders to do things you're equipped to do yourself.

You should know that I lead, not follow

The individual can take initiatives without anybody's permission. Only individuals can think. Only the individual disregards his fears and commits himself exclusively to reforming the human environment.

I was trained by my husband. He said, If you want a thing done go. If not send. I belong to that group of people who move the piano themselves.

You are the leader you've been waiting for.

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis, the welfare of the workers depends upon their own initiative. Whatever is done under the guise of philanthropy or social morality which in any way lessens initiative is the greatest crime that can be committed against the toilers. Let social busybodies and professional "public morals experts" in their fads reflect upon the perils they rashly invite under this pretense of social welfare.

You get given an opportunity, and that is the jumping board; from there you have to build your own path.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.