Quotes about Initiating Change

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It is never easy being the one who takes the first step. But if we want things to mature in our life, we must fight for them relentlessly without compromise or excuse.

If not us, who? If not now, when?

Opportunities just don't happen anonymously. We have to create them.

refuse to begin can be an act of great self-neglect.

Taking the first step is always the most difficult but once you take it everything else falls in place and you begin to wonder why you were scared of taking that step.

If you're not brave enough to take the first step, then you'll never know how far you can go.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

Things do not happen, we must make them happen

When you're stuck in a paralyzing thought loop of indecision, stop thinking and start doing. Make a move, no matter how tiny.

Get UP and change your OWN LIFE. Stop waiting for someone else to walk into your life, and change it for you.

Many people never see God part the Jordan River in their lives because their feet are firmly planted on dry ground. We're waiting for God to make a move while God is waiting for us to make a move. We say to God, "Why don't you part this river?" And God says to us, "Why don't you get your feet wet?" But if you make a move, you'll see God move. And He can move heaven and earth.

If you want to see God move, make a move.

Fear can paralyze you, but you must start moving, do something, anything, even if it's wrong. Start moving, then the brain will take over.

Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

We can't be spectators our whole lives, right? At some point we have to take a risk. Step into the action.

Take some small action. Resistance hates action.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. - John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Open the door by yourself instead of waiting the door to be opened by itself!

Sometimes it's better not to ask-or to listen-when tell you something can't be done. I didn't ask for permission or approval. I just went ahead and did it.

This arcane system has been in place, unchanged, for over a hundred years. It contains no procedure for modification, no avenue for improvement or reform. Complaining or resisting is taboo. As noted, I had been trying to initiate changes in the system since I was fifteen. To no avail.

Sometimes you just have to start being the main character.

You create opportunities by performing, not complaining.

Our actions are not simply links in a closed chain of causally connected physical events. We have the capacity to be first causes, starting a new chain of cause and effect.