#initiative

Are you a new strength and a new right? A first movement? A self-rolling wheel? Can you also compel stars to revolve around you?

Help yourself: then everyone will help you. Principle of brother-love.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

In the acquisition of a new habit, or the leaving off of an old one, we must take care to launch ourselves with as strong and decided an initiative as possible.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

The lion does not wait for prey to enter his mouth; he hunts with vigor.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Fortune favors the bold and resolute heart.

The wolf that stays curled in its warm lair never tastes meat.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.