Initiative famous quotes

Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative.
-- Abba Eban

#Men #Waiting #Initiative

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
-- Anna Pavlova

#Success #Hard Work #Initiative

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
-- C. Northcote Parkinson

#Men #Life Is #Initiative

Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood,
-- Carl F. H. Henry

#Book #Initiative

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

#Preparation #Moments #Initiative

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

#People #Initiative

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

#Imagination #Chess #Initiative

The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative.
-- Corliss Lamont

#Creative #Initiative #Genuine

Real change in society must start from individual initiative.
-- Dalai Lama

#Real #Hero #Initiative

Most nanny-state initiatives begin on a local level.
-- David Harsanyi

#Levels #Nannies #Initiative

Initiative is at the heart of manhood
-- Dennis Rainey

#Heart #Initiative #Manhood

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

#Men #Essence #Initiative

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

#Want #Initiative #Achieve

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.
-- Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

#Loss #Initiative #Disadvantages

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

#Confidence #Self Confidence #Initiative

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

#Doe #Rockets #Initiative

I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives.
-- Fawn Hall

#Iran #Details #Initiative

Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by nature, is a prime conservative force.
-- Ferdinand de Saussure

#Conservative #Language #Initiative

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

#Atonement #Initiative #Term

Positive response from some of our exporters and holders of free funds in response to some of the turnaround initiatives ... in particular the favourable exchange rate policies.
-- Gideon Gono

#Initiative #Rate #Policy

A man descending is propelled by inertia; the only initiative left him is whether or not he decides to enjoy the passing scene.
-- Guy Vanderhaeghe

#Men #Initiative #Scene

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

#Important #Initiative

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

#Mountain #Initiative #Achieve

Genius is initiative on fire.
-- Holbrook Jackson

#Fire #Genius #Initiative

Nobody is too important to lead the initiative you say is important.
-- Jack Welch

#Important #Initiative

Any state with an initiative process is on our radar.
-- Jennifer A. Hillman

#Animal #Initiative #States

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

#Player #Initiative #Dangerous

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

#Congratulations #Michigan #Initiative

Above all, as the keynote of all Democratic policy, in passing upon any question, let the controlling aim and ambition be to keep the road open for private enterprise and personal initiative.
-- John W. Davis

#Ambition #Politics #Initiative

If initiative is the ability to do the right thing, then efficiency is the ability to do the thing right.
-- Kelly Miller

#Initiative #Efficiency #Ability

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.
-- Kim Campbell

#Government #Initiative

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.
-- Louis D. Brandeis

#Judgement #Initiative #Substitutes

It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives.
-- Mario Monti

#Unusual #Initiative

When you are leading, you have to take initiative.
-- Michael Hyatt

#Initiative

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

#Poverty #Charity #Initiative

Take stands, take risks, take responsibility.
-- Muriel Siebert

#Responsibility #Risk #Initiative

Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle.
-- Orlando Aloysius Battista

#Success #Initiative #Candle

Initiative can neither be created nor delegated. It can only spring from the self-determining individual, who decides that the wisdom of others is not always better than his own.
-- R. Buckminster Fuller

#Spring #Self #Initiative

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.
-- Robert Foster Bennett

#Leadership #Initiative #Workers

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

#Initiative

We must develop knowledge optimization initiatives to leverage our key learnings.
-- Scott Adams

#Keys #Initiative #Optimization

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

#Creativity #Initiative #Genuine

Excellence isn’t about working extra hard to do what you’re told. It’s about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.
-- Seth Godin

#Excellence #Initiative #Extras

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

#Initiative #Following

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack
-- Wilhelm Steinitz

#Player #Chess #Initiative

What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill.
-- William J. H. Boetcker

#Self #Car #Initiative

No single initiative by itself can solve the climate crisis.
-- Allen Hershkowitz

#Climate #Initiative #Crisis

It is natural for me to ignore autograph seekers, but God wants me to share my testimony card with them and be loving. That power and initiative comes from him.
-- Ben Zobrist

#Cards #Want #Initiative

OneBeat is one of the greatest initiatives in advancing the meeting of cultures worldwide.
-- Dave Douglas

#Culture #Initiative #Meetings

Force yourself to simplify every initiative, every product, every marketing, everything you do.
-- Keith Rabois

#Marketing #Initiative #Force

The people that work with you should generally come up with their own initiatives.
-- Keith Rabois

#People #Initiative #Should

Where self-interest is violently suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control which dries up the wellsprings of initiative and creativity.
-- P. J. O'Rourke

#Creativity #Self #Initiative

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

#Israel #Needs #Initiative

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

#Atonement #Initiative #Term

When a change initiative is focused on changing a company's culture directly, it can take five to ten years to accomplish its objective. Company cultures don't change easily. My friend Peter Drucker used to argue that company cultures don't change at all.
-- James A. Champy

#Culture #Arguing #Initiative

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

#Hero #Problem #Initiative

Change requires individuals who recognize that new things can be done and who take the initiative to get them done ... The existing bureaucracies, public and private, will not take on the job of changing what is.
-- Lester Thurow

#Jobs #Done #Initiative