Quotes about Initiating Change

You don't need to take notes; you need to take action.

I was a cheerleader in grammar school. There were no cheerleaders in that school I made them have them.

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.

Rather than wait to be discovered, discover yourself. Whatever it is that you intend to do later, start doing it now, get good at it, and show people what you've done. Actions speak louder than words.

Major political parties have a role, but they are incapable of initiating fundamental change because they are fundamentally tied to the status quo. They are the status quo.

If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clearly recognize as reasonable, they will always find the next step more easy both to see and take.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

The great things you intend to do some time must have a beginning if they are ever to be done, so begin something worthwhile today.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. —MARK TWAIN

Dear sir, you simply begin. There is no magic method of beginning. If a man standing on the edge of a swimming-bath and wanting to jump into the cold water should ask you, How do I begin to jump? you would merely reply, Just jump. Take hold of your nerves, and jump.

Don't ask me to pray, instead ask me to act.

There are so many ways to change the world, and every single one starts with you.

Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything.

In order for us to begin something we have to start.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don't wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.

When in doubt, act.

We cannot wait for the world to turn, for times to change that we might change with them, for the revolution to come and carry us around in its new course. We are the future. We are the revolution.

I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.

Take the first step. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

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

Every journey begins with a single pawstep, and this one is up to us.

I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.