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Quotes about Being Proactive

    “Senses recklessly transport our minds away from where we want them to be. Don’t tease your own senses. Don’t set yourself up to fail. A monk doesn’t spend time in a strip club. We want to minimize the mind’s reactive tendencies, and the easiest way to do that is for the intellect to proactively steer the senses away from stimuli that could make the mind react in ways that are hard to control. It’s up to the intellect to know when you’re vulnerable and to tighten the reins, just as a charioteer does when going through a field of tasty grass.”

    Jay Shetty, Think Like A Monk (Page 153)

      “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

      Ben Franklin, via The Daily Stoic (Page 242)

        “Build before you have to. Build knowledge before you have to. Build strength before you have to. Build an emergency fund before you have to. Let internal pressure drive you today, so you can handle external pressure tomorrow.”

        James Clear, Blog

          “Most of us reflect on our actions after we recognize that we have hurt someone or done an injustice. This is certainly a good first step, but it is reactive. We need to be proactive through disciplined and regular personal reflection.” ~ Keshavan Nair, A Higher Standard of Leadership

            “I believe that everyone chooses how to approach life. If you’re proactive, you focus on preparing. If you’re reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Today Matters

                “Do what today others won’t, so tomorrow, you can do what others can’t.” ~ Brian Rogers Loop

                  “I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

                    “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” ~ Spanish Proverb

                      “A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.” ~ Unknown

                        ‎”Everything you could have been, all the accolades you could have won and all the achievements that have been nagging about, didn’t happen for one reason only. You procrastinated.” ~ Unknown

                          “Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.” ~ Pope Paul VI

                            “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” ~ Plato

                              “Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.” ~ Orison Swett Marden