“You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.” Arthur Ashe
“Initiating comes from imagination. An atmosphere where people initiate can only come from a place where dreaming is encouraged.” Anonymous
“I believe that I have the power to take the initiative to create the kind of life experience that I choose for myself at any time in my life.” Dwayne Alvin Hearn
January 1st, 2012 the first day of another new year and a great opportunity to take the initiative, to take the necessary actions to begin to create a more enjoyable life experience. Initiative is the theme for my Inspirational Quotes Community for the month of January in the twelfth year of this new millennium.
Initiative describes the nature to take the first step in something. (adjective) An example of initiative is someone who is always first to start a new project.
Initiative is the act of taking the first step. (noun) An example of initiative is going to the city council with a new idea.
Synonyms for initiative (noun) Ability to start things: enterprise, drive, energy, inventiveness; see ambition 1, force 3.
The starting of things: action, lead, first step; see action 1, leadership 1.
”Destiny is not a matter of chance,
it is a matter of choice;
it is not a thing to be waited for,
it is a thing to be achieved.”
William Jennings Bryan
“This is the beginning of a new day.
You have been given this day to use as you will.
You can waste it or use it for good.
What you do today is important because
you are exchanging a day of your life for it.
When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever;
in its place is something that you have left behind...
let it be something good.” Anonymous
“Some day" doesn't exist, never has, and never will.
There is no "some day". There's only today.
When tomorrow comes, it will be another today;
so will the next day. They all will.
There is never anything but today.” Jeff Olson
“We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives.
We must take charge of our own destinies,
design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.”
Les Louis Brown