Taking initiative is the first step in being a leader.

In order to be a leader, you must first follow in someone's footsteps

If you really want to do something you will find a way, and if you don't you will find an excuse -Jim Rohn

Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.

Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.

The fact is that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.