Top 626 Initiative Quotes & Sayings

A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.

Beaurocracy destroys initiative.

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.

Initiative is the privilege of picking yourself.

We are not here in this world to find elegant solutions, pregnant with initiative, or to serve the ways and modes of profitable progress. No, we are here to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and crippled than ourselves. That is our only certain good and great purpose on earth, and if you ask me about those insoluble economic problems that may arise if the top is deprived of their initiative, I would answer 'To hell with them.' The top is greedy and mean and will always find a way to take care of themselves. They always do.

It is important always to know that the first word, the true initiative, the true activity comes from God and only by inserting ourselves into the divine initiative, only begging for this divine initiative, shall we too be able to become - with him and in him - evangelizers.

Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle.

My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning.

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.

In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative.

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting.

Kids are the biggest brand ambassadors of Swachh Bharat initiative.

The Pacific Alliance is an initiative to align our economies.

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an important step forward in ensuring that the United States remains competitive in the global economy. Career technical education (CTE) shares the Initiative s goal that all students must be college and career ready. CTE programs that incorporate the Common Core Standards will ensure students have the academic and technical knowledge and skills to be successful in the 21st century workplace.

The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success.

The 9/11 terrorist attack was a faith-based initiative.

I'm proud to stand with U.S. Impact Team in their initiative to create harmony.

When it turns out that you were supposed to be disclosing all these foreign government donations to the Clinton Global Initiative while you were Secretary of State, and you didn't, and now the Clinton Global Initiative is having to restate their 990s, that doesn't sound very trustworthy to me.

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

I never had any initiative or drive to be a success in business.

If one has fear, there can be no initiative in the creative sense of the word. To have initiative in this sense is to do something original - to do it spontaneously, naturally, without being guided, forced, controlled. It is to do something which you love to do.

Innovation is an outgrowth of initiative, and initiative - taking positive actions in a belief that your actions can make a difference - is a big part of confidence.

My survival case comes with a purpose and obligation, which is why I have launched Nadia's Initiative, an organisation dedicated to helping women and children who have been victimised... My initiative is trying to get support needed to get Sinjar rebuilt.

A change initiative can fail for multiple reasons - in fact, there are just too many things that can go wrong. The focus of the initiative might be wrong - too narrow or too broad. The initiative might be poorly executed or under-resourced. But most often, a change initiative fails because it hits a behavioral impasse. Something in the culture of the company is in conflict with the objective or execution of the initiative.

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize.

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis, the welfare of the workers depends upon their own initiative. Whatever is done under the guise of philanthropy or social morality which in any way lessens initiative is the greatest crime that can be committed against the toilers. Let social busybodies and professional "public morals experts" in their fads reflect upon the perils they rashly invite under this pretense of social welfare.

Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative

For the past three years, the CIVIX Student Budget Consultation has helped us to better understand the most pressing national issues for young Canadians. I am delighted to note that on key issues, such as balancing the budget, debt reduction, and lowering taxes, we stand in step with the thousands of students who participated in this initiative from coast to coast to coast. I want to thank the students and teachers for investing their time and energy in this worthwhile initiative. Their enthusiastic participation inspires great hope for Canada's future.

Height gives you the initiative.

Any state with an initiative process is on our radar.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Sometimes women don't take the initiative that they should.

No single initiative by itself can solve the climate crisis.

Seizing the initiative can make all the difference between winning and loosing.

Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative.

Creativity is, quite simply, a genuine interest combined with initiative.

Purpose is not an add-on, it’s not an initiative. It is a culture change and it never finishes

I'm just natural with initiative, with instinct. Paediatricians have said so themselves.

Management that is destructively critical when mistakes are made kills initiative. And it's essential that we have many people with initiative if we are to continue to grow.

I still don't understand why you don't mention the family charitable foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative. The Clinton Global Initiative is actually like a Morning Call for women all over the world. When the Clinton Global Initiative comes, that's a signal to women all over the world to come to New York.

The best employees are those who bring real energy and initiative to the job. I like to know whether you're the kind of person who can set priorities, take initiative, and drive results right from the beginning.

The best legislative initiative - is the absence of one.

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity.

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

Any man of energy and initiative can get what he wants out of life. But when initiative is crippled by legislation or by a tax system which denies him the right to receive a reasonable share of his earnings, then he will no longer exert himself and the country will be deprived of the energy on which its continued greatness depends.

Real change in society must start from individual initiative.

One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants.

Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.

Initiative is at the heart of manhood

I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.

America, in the eyes of the world, typifies above all else this quality of initiative. The greatest successes are nearly all the fruit of initiative. Why do we hold in such high esteem the achievements of the Wright brothers? Because they were illustrious examples of initiative and tenacity. And ideas are born of initiative, the children of men and women of initiative. Advancement is applied initiative. Don't imitate. Initiate.

Successful people are always thinking about what they can do to move to the next level. Initiative is the drive to do it - to take the first step, and then the next step. The great thing about initiative - is that it's free and available to everyone.

Courage and initiative come when you understand your purpose in life.

When you are leading, you have to take initiative.

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.