Quotes about Initiating Change

You can start wherever you decide to start.

You start whenever you decide to start.

I want to be the team that creates the action more than be the reactor.

Based on my experience, I would say that rather than taking lessons in how to become an entrepreneur, you should jump into the pool and start swimming.

The only way to get to where you want to go is to take a step in that direction. And the best way to do that is to begin.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act.

If you wait for someone else to make things better, you'll be waiting a very long time

all we need to do is begin. The rest will take care of itself. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

If she liked him so darn much, she should have done something about it. Taken some real action.

a small spark can start a great fire

The best way to do it, is to do it!

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

I come from Des Moines. Someone had to.

Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.

When it seems that something can't be done, start it, and see if the rest of it can be done.

It's not the smart that get ahead, but the bold.

Action always beats inaction.

It was so easy to defy once you got started. The first step was the only one that really counted.

Why don't you light that candle ?

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

I learned that I wasn't happy. It's a terrifying thing to admit. It puts everyone around you in a state of paralysis because they think that they are somehow responsible for your sadness and can fix it. Of course they cannot. I know happiness exists somewhere and if I knew where, I would go to it and claim it. I realize I have spent my life reacting to things and not initiating them.

I took the initiative in creating the Internet

You are not here to duplicate and replicate. You are here to initiate.