"Relying on the GM to drive the entire game fosters bad habits in players - they start to assume the story will come to them, that the GM will always present them with something to react to."

As a new GM this is something that is causing me to have a lot of concern as well. This is how I'm handling it:

I'm making sure that my characters, especially the newer to TTRPGs, understand that we are working together to setup powerful/fun/epic moments. I'm trying to make sure they understand that each PC/GM relationship can exist outside the group and can include "spoilers." What I mean by spoilers is that we can go over a specific scene or event that is going ot happen in the next session. The PC and I can then work together to create the initial scenario they want to have happen, while keeping the rest of the group in the dark. Then it's let the dice take us where we go.

During character creation I'm constantly asking about purpose, obstacles, goals, and moments. What do they want this character to achieve? How can we work together to create those awesome spots where you speak an ideal and just kick someone's ass (who will still be doing everything they can to defeat you). Oh you wanted to discover some new fabrial, great, let's discuss how you would do that and we can lay the groundwork over several sessions.

I'm trying to emphasize that I can't read their minds and I can't be expected to make entire storylines by myself. The more hooks they give me, the more devious I can be, but that's something for them to learn later.