Proactivity Quotes

“The world is ever ready to help those who help themselves.”

“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”

“I've always believed that if you're not in the right place, you can't be in the right place at the right time.”

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

“We have to get to a point where we're not just reacting, but we're also anticipating.”

“The biggest problem in the world could have been solved when it was small.”

“If you don't ask, you don't get.”

“They don't ask me to pose them. But I do it, anyway.”

“I am the luckiest man I know, and I have created my own luck.”

“If you don't have a plan, you become part of somebody else's plan.”

“You can't lead from behind.”

“Don't wait for your 'ship' to come in, and feel angry and cheated when it doesn't. Swim out to it!”

“Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.”

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”

“Patience is a virtue, but it will never be a substitute for getting things done.”

“Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.”

“You can't sit back and wait for it to happen, you have to make it happen.”

“To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”

“The best way to get a good part is to write it for yourself.”

“We must not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.”