Proactive Mindset Quotes

The world of tomorrow belongs to the person who has the vision for today.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom to choose based on principles and values rather than on moods or condition. Proactive people are agents of change and choose not to be victims, to be reactive, or to blame others.

Tomorrow really will take care of itself if I do the right thing today.

If I have the ball in my hands, I'll make a play. If don't, I'll try to get in position to make a play. I think that's what it comes down to.

Be a practical dreamer backed by action.

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work.

Anytime we think the problem is 'out there,' that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us. The change paradigm is 'outside-in' - what's out there has to change before we can change. The proactive approach is to change from the 'inside-out': to be different, and by being different, to effect positive change in what's out there - I can be more resourceful, I can be more diligent, I can be more creative, I can be more cooperative.

The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.

I stay ready so I don't have to get ready.

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

If you aren't experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it.

If you don't look ahead, you'll always be behind.

I'm someone who has always had a positive outlook towards life.

"Be Prepared." "Be prepared for what?" "Why, for any old thing."

If you want to reach your potential and become the person you were created to be, you must do much more than just experience life and hope that you learn what you need along the way. You must go out of your way to seize growth opportunities as if your future depended on it. Why? Because it does. Growth doesn't just happen--not for me, not for you, not for anybody. You HAVE TO go after it.

At the end of the day, I come from a culture and an upbringing where you create your own path. There is no seat at the table for you? You create your own opportunity.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values - carefully thought about, selected and internalized values.

I'm an extreme do'er - I'm not an intellect; I'm not a bookworm. I do, do, do, and nine times out of ten, I fail, but I learn from that.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.