Being Proactive Quotes

Whenever the competition is sleeping is when I shine.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

When opportunity comes it is too late to prepare.

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.

He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.

There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn't be reiterated.

You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them.

Let me be the one To do what is done.

Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.

Be simple and always take the next step. You needn't see it in advance, but you can look back at it afterwards.There is no 'how' of life, one just does it.

I think it's a sin to sit down and let your life go without making a try for it.

For me, saying 'I'm bossy' is a cute, tongue-in-cheek way of saying that I'm in control of my life.

Proverbial wisdom counsels against risk and change. But sitting ducks fare worst of all.

One thing I learned working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was to be on time. If the day begins at 8 A.M., be there early, get there, punch the time clock; don't just stand there like an oaf.

Get action. Do things; be sane; don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

Nobody said, 'You have to step up and be a leader for the family.' I took it upon myself. I wanted to set the bar high for my brothers.

If I got places, sir, it was because I made myself fit for 'em. If you want to slip into a round hole, you must first make a ball of yourself; that's where it is.

When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, endeavor to rouse your faculties, and act up to your kind, and consider that you have to do the business of a man; and that action is both beneficial and the end of your being.

I try to lead. I do not follow.

I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

I feel like I'm indirectly showing people, not that there's another way, but just that if you really have a dream, you should try and give it a go.

I try to work hard. I try to set a good example. I don't look at it as though I've got to be a leader. I just try to behave the way I think I should behave. If that results in a leadership role, great.

You have to be responsible to yourself... but that doesn't mean you can't have a point of view about something.