Quote(s) of the Week Concerning Initiative

"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

— Conrad HiltonHilton Hotels


"The right man is the one who seizes the moment."

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


"A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe."

— Georges Clemmanceau


"I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not."

— Lucille Ball


"If you don't make dust, you eat dust."

— Motto of Jack A. MacAllister


"If there is a trait which does characterize leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to be daunted by disadvantage and have the ability to turn disadvantage to good effect. They are people who seize opportunity and take risks. Leadership then seems to be a matter of personality and character."

— John VineyDrive