Top 626 Initiative Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Well, It's a Communist country, and the Communists do not reward personal initiative...except by execution.

Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood.

When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.

The lead initiative of my foundation is clean water, but not far behind it is military appreciation.

Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative.

Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor in America who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home and death and corruption in Vietnam. I speak as a citizen of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken. I speak as an American to the leaders of my own nation. The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop it must be ours.

Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.

What is initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.

The cradle-to-grave welfare state diminishes individual initiative and can breed a pervasive sclerosis.

A key U.S. initiative in this trade war must be to develop reliable trading partners in the world.

New Zealand was colonised initially by those Australians who had the initiative to escape.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

Take some initiative and snap outside of passivity; consistent small actions have impact.

Innovation, I believe, is the only way that America will regain the initiative in a global dynamic economy.

A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.

Without a Palestinian partner, Israel needs to take the initiative itself.

Initiative is key. Anybody who wants to be somebody is going to work as hard as they can to fulfill that dream.

Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.

God alone can make a man a believer. Our part is to accept or reject his initiative.

For change to happen in any community, the initiative must come from the individual.

This individual does not know where initiative ends and rocket-propelled idiocy begins.

You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jolliest steamroller will not plant flowers.

Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor.

Initiative is the essence of manhood. Noting comes to the man who is passive, except failure.

Under Swachh Bharat initiative, the government has built nine crore toilets.

In moments of crisis, the initiative passes to those who are best prepared.

A hero is someone who, for the general good, takes the initiative to solve an ambiguous problem.

A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.

The term ‘reconciliation’ describes the atonement as springing from the initiative of God Himself.

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

Even when other people don’t expect a lot out of you,you have to take the initiative.

I got busy with planting saplings after I started the Green Globe initiative.

All one needs is a computer, a network connection, and a bright spark of initiative and creativity to join the economy.

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

I've never launched any initiative or campaign that people thought was a slam dunk.

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.

I'm a public figure. It's up to me to take the initiative to explain things. It's my responsibility.

When the purge of teacher individualism is unrestrained, eccentricity, initiative and individuality become the casualties.

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream.

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

It is the Jammu and Kashmir government, which has to take an initiative of inviting actors and the film industry to the state.

Fitness begins with initiative and continues with consistency. The six pack abs is a byproduct of being healthy.

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

Announcing a diversity initiative, or making it a cause, exerts unwanted pressure.

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.

Mentality is a big part of every game, when you take the initiative and when you drop.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

I would like to initiate an initiative - the Broadway Annoying Audience Member Relocation Programme.

Faith and initiative rightly combined, remove mountains, barriers and achieve the unheard of and the miraculous.

Economic growth is the most important initiative every governor faces.

To act, in its most general sense, means to take an initiative, to begin... to set something into motion.

The final outcome of a war is often determined by the degree of initiative shown on each side.

Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative.

Imagination without initiative would more properly be called idle daydreaming.

The government should now launch an initiative to encourage people to join the social work profession.

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.

On Day One, a start-up is a faith-based initiative built on guesses.

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

Encourage members of your team to take the initiative and act on their own.

If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.