Proactive Quotes

• 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.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Mood
  • Responsible
  • Blame

• The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Way
  • Change
  • Proactive

• Ever since we published the first Apple report, we've had some other brands turning more proactive.

  

  Ma Jun
  • First
  • Apple
  • Proactive

• Be a creator of circumstances rather than just a creature of circumstances. Be proactive rather than reactive.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Circumstances
  • Creatures
  • Creator

• It is in the ordinary events of every day that we develop the proactive capacity to handle the extraordinary pressures of life. It's how we make and keep commitments, how we handle a traffic jam, how we respond to an irate customer or a disobedient child. It's how we view our problems and where we focus our energies. It's the language we use.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Children
  • Energy
  • Problem

• We're watching the effort being made by the market leader, the company that has been proactive to reaching out to software companies.

  

  Nancy Anderson
  • Effort
  • Company
  • Market

• Never aim to be proactive with your day. That way, if you end up getting stuff done, you’re never disappointed.

  

  George Blagden
  • Done
  • Aim
  • Disappointed

• Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Emotional
  • Cancer
  • Influence

• We must be proactive in our love in order for it to change our lives.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Love
  • Change
  • Order

• Of course, to avoid getting stuck in that convo with someone you dislike or feel uncomfortable around, don't be passive, be proactive. Do not let them direct your interaction on their terms, do it on yours. Ask a Misdirection Question--something too difficult to answer quickly--e.g., 'What's Congress up to?' or 'You ever learn any cool science?' When you ask the question, don't make eye contact, keep moving and get out of there. Do not wait for a response and deny ever asking it. Repeat these actions until you are never again spoken to by that individual (about four times).

  

  Eugene Mirman
  • Response
  • Dislike
  • Interaction

• If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • People
  • Waiting
  • Perspective

• As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles.

  

  Ray Liotta
  • Started
  • Getting
  • Became

• People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary to get the job done.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Job
  • Action
  • Problem

• Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Responsibility
  • Choices
  • Feelings

• What’s the point in hating something if you aren’t proactive?

  

  Kiersten White
  • Proactive

• Highly effective people tend to be proactive. They decide to find a better job or to have better health, rather than of responding to whatever curves life throws at them.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Action
  • Jobs
  • Curves

• Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Choices
  • Unhappiness
  • Proactive

• Proactive people carry their own weather with them.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Weather
  • Proactive

• Be proactive. Ask yourself, "Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?"

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Action
  • Feelings
  • Mood

• 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.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Environment
  • Feelings
  • Ability

• The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it. This literally turns a failure into a success.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Mistake
  • Approach
  • Turns

• Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Mind
  • Winning
  • Habit

• Habit 7 is taking the time to sharpen the saw. By renewing the four dimensions of your nature - physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional, you can work more quickly and effortlessly. To do this, we must be proactive. This is a Quadrant II (important, not urgent) activity that must be acted on. It's at the center of our Circle of Influence, so we must do it for ourselves.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Important
  • Spiritual
  • Emotional

• Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part of our lives. We are either the second creation of our own proactive design, or we are the second creation of other people's agendas, of circumstances, or of past habits.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Past
  • Design
  • Habit