Quotes about Initiating Change

There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that.

The golden rule is of no use whatsoever unless you realize that it is your move.

Successful leaders don't start out asking, 'What do I want to do?' They ask, 'What needs to be done?' Then they ask, 'Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?'

If what you want does not exist, why not create it?

It's a big question. Where do you begin to change the world?

If it was a time bomb, then what she had done that day was started the clock.

My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.

I've always been comfortable being the first person at a party, metaphorically speaking - being the first person on the dance floor, saying, 'This is where it's happening, people, and if you don't think so, that's cool, but I think you're missing out.' That's my general philosophy, and it's served me pretty well.

It is a mistake to do nothing just because you think you can only do a little.

Dahj kind of sets everything in motion starting Picard on a new mission.

William Wordsworth

Oh, you're so wrong, Henry," she said. "In fact, it's only just begun.

Starting is the most difficult part

It's never good to sit around and wait for someone or something to change your life.

I don't know how to get things started... It's like there's this great big wheel I've got to start rolling only I don't seem to have the muscles to get it going.

speaker: I have only ten minutes and hardly know where to begin. voice in back: Begin at the ninth.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

There are three types of baseball players-those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.

Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little; do something.

You'll never change the world just by complaining.

Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.