Quotes about Initiative

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. Votes: 6

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life? Votes: 5

Initiative is doing the right things without being told. Votes: 4

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. Votes: 4

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative. Votes: 4

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence. Votes: 4

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems. Votes: 4

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work. Votes: 4

It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics. Votes: 4

Initiative is at the heart of manhood Votes: 3

Initiative is the privilege of picking yourself. Votes: 3

Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle. Votes: 3

The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success. Votes: 3

Initiative is as essential to success as a hub is essential to a wagon wheel. Votes: 3

Initiative is the essence of manhood. Noting comes to the man who is passive, except failure. Votes: 3

The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any device. Votes: 3

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence. Votes: 3

Walmart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative is working to create opportunity and empower women and girls in markets around the world. Votes: 3

If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated. Votes: 3

Initiative is key. Anybody who wants to be somebody is going to work as hard as they can to fulfill that dream. Votes: 3

Initiative without action is the same as having the mind to acknowledge a problem, but not having the heart to see it through. Votes: 3

Initiative and referendum make government more responsive to its citizens, neutralize the power of the special interests and stimulate public involvement in state issues. Votes: 3

After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office. Votes: 3

I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his lifetime. Votes: 3

Building on our Young South-east Asian Leaders Initiative, I'm hopeful that we can continue expand the ties and cooperation between our young people and students. Votes: 3

Within NATO, our Defence Capabilities Initiative has identified the essential capabilities all Allies must have for modern operations, and Allies are working to meet those requirements. Votes: 3

One of the most important post-9/11 efforts made to counter terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction is President Bush's Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Votes: 3

I'm asking Congress to pass my Zero Down Payment Initiative. We should remove the 3 percent down payment rule for first time home buyers with FHA-insured mortgages. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

There are ways for what has been going on at that foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative, there are ways that that can be exposed and embarrass and humiliate and all that. Votes: 3

There are ways for what has been going on at that foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative, there are ways that that can be exposed and embarrass and humiliate and all that. Votes: 3

I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers. Votes: 3

I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers. Votes: 3

There's a project that I started at HHS called the Health Data Initiative. The whole idea was to take a page from what the government had done to make weather data and GPS available back in the day. Votes: 3

There are resources to help and simple steps that parents, preschools, businesses, and communities can take to help our kids succeed, because we're all in this together, and that's what the Too Small to Fail Initiative is all about. Votes: 3

I do think we need more cameras. We have to stay ahead of the terrorists, and I do know in New York, the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, which is based on cameras, the outstanding work that results from that. Votes: 3

Do you know they've already seen a drop of 37% in donations [for Clinton Global Initiative]? Now, if it's a charity, why a 37% drop? There's a 37% drop because the donors figured out the Clintons can't do anything for 'em anymore. That's not pretty. Votes: 3

Do you know they've already seen a drop of 37% in donations [for Clinton Global Initiative]? Now, if it's a charity, why a 37% drop? There's a 37% drop because the donors figured out the Clintons can't do anything for 'em anymore. That's not pretty. Votes: 3

Our Government is committed to supporting Canadian businesses as they grow, innovate and generate high-value jobs - in the West and across the country. The WINN Initiative assists western Canadian businesses in bringing innovative ideas from the test bench to the marketplace. Votes: 3

At the current rate of 28 miles of SBInet [Secure Border Initiative network] technology every 4.5 years, it would take 320 years - or until the year 2330 - to deploy SBInet technology across the Southwest border. That statistic would be comical if the subject matter were not so serious. Votes: 3

The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50 countries for the Afghan coalition, some 40 countries for the Iraqi coalition, more than 90 countries for the Proliferation Security Initiative and over 90 countries in the Global War on Terror. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

I fully support U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his Global Education First Initiative and the work of U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown and the respectful president of the U.N. General Assembly Vuk Jeremic. I thank them for the leadership they continue to give. Votes: 3

Never relinquish the initiative. Votes: 2

Genius is initiative on fire. Votes: 2

Take stands, take risks, take responsibility. Votes: 2

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Votes: 2

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value. Votes: 2

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions. Votes: 2

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting. Votes: 2

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement. Votes: 2

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence. Votes: 2

You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there. Votes: 2

A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to. Votes: 2

One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants. Votes: 2

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. Votes: 2

When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference. Votes: 2

I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder. Votes: 2

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference. Votes: 2

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself. Votes: 2

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things. Votes: 2

Underneath the visible problems with reading and writing lies the deeper problem of 'illearnacy': an acquired disabling of learning courage and learning initiative. Votes: 2

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free. Votes: 2

A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe. Votes: 2

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. Votes: 2

A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all. Votes: 2

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. Votes: 2

People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India. Votes: 2

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act. Votes: 2

The arrival of thousands of Muslim infiltrators to Israeli territory is a clear threat to the state's Jewish identity. The refugees' place is not among us, and the initiative to transfer them to Australia is the right and just solution. Votes: 2

I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader. Votes: 2

The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. Votes: 2

Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting, because all of those things are part of aggression. She will not take the initiative; she simply waits - and she can wait infinitely. Votes: 2

I want people to take the initiative to find veterans that need help, veterans that are suffering and in need of assistance reintegrating from combat back into society, into normal family lives and jobs. We need to take a real 'boots on the ground' approach to helping veterans in need. Votes: 2

If you lack initiative, recognize that the problem comes from the inside, not from others. Determine why you hesitate to take action. Does risk scare you? Are you discouraged by past failures? Do you not see the potential that opportunity offers? Find the source of your hesitation, and address it. You won't be able to move forward on the outside until you can move forward on the inside. Votes: 2

Beaurocracy destroys initiative. Votes: 0

Height gives you the initiative. Votes: 0

Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment. Votes: 0

The 9/11 terrorist attack was a faith-based initiative. Votes: 0

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. Votes: 0

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions. Votes: 0

Real change in society must start from individual initiative. Votes: 0

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. Votes: 0

When you are leading, you have to take initiative. Votes: 0

Imagination without initiative would more properly be called idle daydreaming. Votes: 0

Economic growth is the most important initiative every governor faces. Votes: 0

No single initiative by itself can solve the climate crisis. Votes: 0

Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country. Votes: 0

Kids are the biggest brand ambassadors of Swachh Bharat initiative. Votes: 0

Creativity is, quite simply, a genuine interest combined with initiative. Votes: 0

Any state with an initiative process is on our radar. Votes: 0

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack Votes: 0

Without a Palestinian partner, Israel needs to take the initiative itself. Votes: 0

A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative. Votes: 0

Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood, Votes: 0

Courage and initiative come when you understand your purpose in life. Votes: 0

Nobody is too important to lead the initiative you say is important. Votes: 0

Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative. Votes: 0

This individual does not know where initiative ends and rocket-propelled idiocy begins. Votes: 0

Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative. Votes: 0

Seizing the initiative can make all the difference between winning and loosing. Votes: 0

Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank. Votes: 0

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative. Votes: 0

Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor. Votes: 0

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members. Votes: 0

In moments of crisis, the initiative passes to those who are best prepared. Votes: 0

A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances. Votes: 0

Force yourself to simplify every initiative, every product, every marketing, everything you do. Votes: 0

Take some initiative and snap outside of passivity; consistent small actions have impact. Votes: 0

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment. Votes: 0

New Zealand was colonised initially by those Australians who had the initiative to escape. Votes: 0

I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind. Votes: 0

I've never launched any initiative or campaign that people thought was a slam dunk. Votes: 0

[The Clinton health care initiative is] washed-over old-time bureaucratic liberalism, or centralized bureaucratic socialism. Votes: 0

Encourage members of your team to take the initiative and act on their own. Votes: 0

The term "˜reconciliation' describes the atonement as springing from the initiative of God Himself. Votes: 0

For change to happen in any community, the initiative must come from the individual. Votes: 0

When the purge of teacher individualism is unrestrained, eccentricity, initiative and individuality become the casualties. Votes: 0

Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse. Votes: 0

I would like to initiate an initiative - the Broadway Annoying Audience Member Relocation Programme. Votes: 0

INITIATIVE, AGGRESSION, AIR DISCIPLINE, and TEAM WORK are words that MEAN something in Air Fighting. Votes: 0

What is initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told. Votes: 0

If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player. Votes: 0

You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jolliest steamroller will not plant flowers. Votes: 0

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. Votes: 0

The government should now launch an initiative to encourage people to join the social work profession. Votes: 0

Faith and initiative rightly combined, remove mountains, barriers and achieve the unheard of and the miraculous. Votes: 0

Well, It's a Communist country, and the Communists do not reward personal initiative...except by execution. Votes: 0

The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it. Votes: 0

Challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction. I believe that ambition and initiative will ultimately triumph. Votes: 0

The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative. Votes: 0

God alone can make a man a believer. Our part is to accept or reject his initiative. Votes: 0

When we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. Votes: 0

A hero is someone who, for the general good, takes the initiative to solve an ambiguous problem. Votes: 0

Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start. Votes: 0

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation. Votes: 0

Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative. Votes: 0

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender. Votes: 0

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender. Votes: 0

All politicians know that every 'temporary' political initiative promised as a short-term poultice stays on the books forever. Votes: 0

Fitness begins with initiative and continues with consistency. The six pack abs is a byproduct of being healthy. Votes: 0

Purpose is not an add-on, it's not an initiative. It is a culture change and it never finishes Votes: 0

It's been years, decades, since a president has lost a major trade initiative. That would be bad headlines. Votes: 0

Innovation, I believe, is the only way that America will regain the initiative in a global dynamic economy. Votes: 0

Even when other people don’t expect a lot out of you,you have to take the initiative. Votes: 0

Any goal, no matter what size, can be achieved if it is tackled with courage, initiative, perseverance, and integrity. Votes: 0

We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess. Votes: 0

No one could become an efficient leader or take the initiative in any great undertaking without belief in himself. Votes: 0

Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative Votes: 0

I had never expected that the China initiative would come to fruition in the form of a Ping-Pong team. Votes: 0

A key U.S. initiative in this trade war must be to develop reliable trading partners in the world. Votes: 0

In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative. Votes: 0

To act, in its most general sense, means to take an initiative, to begin... to set something into motion. Votes: 0

Within a month I announced I was going to start this initiative: A World of Women for World Peace. Votes: 0

The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude. Votes: 0

Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though. Votes: 0

If initiative is the ability to do the right thing, then efficiency is the ability to do the thing right. Votes: 0

The nature of encounter operations required of the commanders limitless initiative and constant readiness to take the responsibility for military actions. Votes: 0

Furnish an example, stop preaching, stop shielding, don't prevent self-reliance and initiative, allow your children to develop along thier own lines. Votes: 0

Some blogs have become the best check on monopoly mainstream journalism, and they provide a surprisingly frequent source of initiative reporting. Votes: 0

I applaud President Obama for launching his 'My Brother's Keeper' initiative that is aimed to empower our youth to achieve success. Votes: 0

All one needs is a computer, a network connection, and a bright spark of initiative and creativity to join the economy. Votes: 0

Successful witnessing is taking the initiative to share Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God. Votes: 0

When we realize that Jesus is the one who takes the initiative and invites us to follow him, everything changes-on multiple levels. Votes: 0

The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive. Votes: 0

Education spending will be most effective if it relies on parental choice & private initiative -- the building blocks of success throughout our society. Votes: 0

We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative. Votes: 0

Where self-interest is suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control that dries up the wellsprings of initiative and creativity. Votes: 0

Our highest endeavour must be to develop individuals who are able out of their own initiative to impart purpose & direction to their lives. Votes: 0

A man descending is propelled by inertia; the only initiative left him is whether or not he decides to enjoy the passing scene. Votes: 0

It so often happens that, after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain sacrificed material. Votes: 0

Any anti-bullying scheme, initiative or policy which fails to mention accountability for the bullies is likely to meet with little, and often no, success Votes: 0

...it is curiosity, initiative, originality, and the ruthless application of honesty that count in research- much more than feats of logic and memory alone. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We promote domestic savings by also things like the personal accounts associated with the president's Social Security initiative, which over time would generate more savings. Votes: 0

The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation. Votes: 0

Leadership is people taking the initiative, carrying things through, having ideas and the imagination to get something started, and exhibiting particular skills in different areas. Votes: 0

Only the free-wheeling artist-explorer, non-academic, scientist-philosopher, mechanic, economist-poet who has never waited for patron-starting and accrediting of his co-ordinate capabilities holds the prime initiative today. Votes: 0

Knowledge is power. Unfortunate dupes of this saying will keep on creating, ambitiously, till they have stunned their native initiative and made their thoughts weak. Votes: 0

Football is a personal interest which has been turned into a philanthropic initiative directed at encouraging social cohesion during the difficult process of African modernisation. Votes: 0

The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his vision to leave behind a safer, more prosperous world for the future generation. Votes: 0

No man [or woman] is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative. Votes: 0

The story line of the Bible is the story line of God taking the initiative in seeking out a people who are His very own. Votes: 0

I foresee a Liberal vote so massive and the number of Liberal MPs so great that we shall hold the initiative in the new Parliament. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

There is no suggestion of regime change; quite the contrary, this is an initiative to help people and to help governments who are inclined toward change. Votes: 0

Spiritual leadership is knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative to get them there by God's means in reliance on God's power. Votes: 0

Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm. Votes: 0

That's the way it is: you have to show your initiative, you have to show talent and availability, and still have an awful lot of luck. Votes: 0

In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments. Votes: 0

Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their critical thinking. Votes: 0

Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their 'critical thinking.' Votes: 0

I like going to rifle and pistol clubs and joining them in target shooting. I also share the same respect for individual initiative and love of family. Votes: 0

These three movements were born spontaneously and independently of the initiative of a few French patriots who had a place in the old political groups and parties. Votes: 0

At Cheney's initiative, the United States stripped terror suspects of long-established rights under domestic and international law, building a new legal edifice under exclusive White House ownership. Votes: 0

Instead of antiquated notions of physical daring, courage is much more about making small choices to take initiative even when we are experiencing anxiety and facing risk. Votes: 0

Repeatedly asking for government help undermines the foundations of society by destroying initiative and responsibility. It is also a fatal blow to efficiency and corrupts the political process. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Personal initiative, competitive selection, the profit motive, corrected by failure and the infinite process of good housekeeping and the personal ingenuity-here constitute the life of a free society. Votes: 0

Washington basically works for the corporate sector and Silicon Valley, technically at least, is suppose to sponsor initiative in creativity, whether it does or not is another question. Votes: 0

There are people in Baghdad pursuing the initiative that I started, and I want to give them every chance of success. I don't want to provide any distractions. Votes: 0

The moral case for individual initiative in a free economy holds that people have a God-given right to use their creativity to produce things that improve our lives. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If you are a middle manager avid to begin a quality initiative in a company ruled by an executive from the old school, look elsewhere for a job. Votes: 0

Whatever lessons we take from this dreadful attack (on the World Trade Center and Pentagon), we should never forget that it was, after all, a faith based initiative. Votes: 0

What is desired is that the teacher ceased being a lecturer, satisfied with transmitting ready-made solutions. His role should rather be that of a mentor stimulating initiative and research. Votes: 0

And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death. Votes: 0

The U.S. government is selling $30 billion worth of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Yeah, it's part of a new initiative called, 'Operation Regret This In Five Years.' Votes: 0

You can overcome wrong technology. Your people have the initiative, they see the problem, no big deal ... you can't overcome bad culture. You've gotta change whoever is in charge. Votes: 0

I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Votes: 0

I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state. Votes: 0

If they gave a Nobel Peace Prize for work against big tobacco, not just in the industry, but also with the California tax initiative, Rob Reiner really deserves one. Votes: 0

But thanks to the efforts, the initiative of the United States and of the several countries from the world, from Europe, including Turkey, it ended within a few weeks. Votes: 0

So far, the only major accomplishment of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters is that they have finally put an end to their previous initiative, Occupy Our Mothers' Basements. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit. Votes: 0

For the past weeks I'd been reacting. That was no way to win. To win, you take the initiative. You instigate the action. You make the opponent react to you. Votes: 0

Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically. The system suppresses individual initiative, and the 21st century is all about individualism and freedom. The development of technology supported these directions. Votes: 0

It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around Alberta, to limit the extent to which an aggressive and hostile federal government can encroach upon legitimate provincial jurisdiction. Votes: 0

I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system. Votes: 0

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. Votes: 0

In a word, what characterizes the spiritist revelation is that while divine in its origin and of the initiative of the Spirits, its elaboration is fruit of man’s work. Votes: 0

Rather than proposing a forward-looking energy initiative, House Republicans continue to push Big Oil's tired old ideas, ideas that will do absolutely nothing to lower gas prices for the American consumer. Votes: 0

With all the goodwill and local initiative in the world, we are not about to rewild anything until we change our way of thinking about our place in the creaturely world. Votes: 0

Every liberal initiative, from welfare to antismoking measures, is justified by reference to 'the children.' Yet the clear result of liberal policies is to harm children even more than adults. Votes: 0

In the acquisition of a new habit, or the leaving off of an old one, we must take care to launch ourselves with as strong and decided an initiative as possible. Votes: 0

Don't be a salary slave! If you are going to do anything in this world, you must start before you are forty, before your period of initiative has ended. Do it now! Votes: 0

Combination does not produce though mergers and combinations are still the accepted panacea. In Big business there appears to be increasing aridity, bureaucracy, and stultifying sacrifice of initiative and above all fear. Votes: 0

The characteristic mark of this age of dictators, wars and revolutions is its anticapitalistic bias. Most governments and political parties were eager to restrict the sphere of private initiative and free enterprise. Votes: 0

Impact sourcing, a new initiative piloted by the Rockefeller Foundation and several key partners, including my company Samasource, promises to connect poor and marginalized people to digital jobs on a massive scale. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If a voter initiative can deny gay people access to traditional representative, democratic processes, then in California, any other small, historically disadvantaged minority group can also be denied the right of representative. Votes: 0

A society which is mobile, which is full of channels for the distribution of a change occurring anywhere, must see to it that its members are educated to personal initiative and adaptability. Votes: 0

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world. Votes: 0

Religion, it stops people from thinking because they think all the answers are in that one book; it impedes progress; it justifies crazy people. Flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. Votes: 0

Sports constantly make demands on the participant for top performance, and they develop integrity, self-reliance and initiative. They teach you a lot about working in groups, without being unduly submerged in the group. Votes: 0

I think that we have to do everything we can to work together, Democrats and Republicans, and then if we go the initiative route like we have done in the past, go together, Votes: 0

Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws. Votes: 0

It is a good initiative for the dreams that would change one society to be nursed in another environment, before being transplanted to strive in its original environment for the change process to begin! Votes: 0

I'm about to embark on what may be as important as an initiative as anything I do as President, trying to nudge the world in the direction of doing something serious about climate change. Votes: 0

Make in India' is a LION's step! This initiative on one hand, will increase manufacturing growth, and at the same time, will directly benefit the youth of the nation in the form of employment. Votes: 0

People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary to get the job done. Votes: 0

I will not start an initiative until I've spent my own money. Because if I spend my own money, people who want to get on board afterwards know that I am serious about it. Votes: 0

The great experimental principle, then, is doubt, that philosophic doubt which leaves to the mind its freedom and initiative, and from which the virtues most valuable to investigators in physiology and medicine are derived. Votes: 0

Citizens who over-rely on their government to do everything not only become dependent on their government, they end up having to do whatever the government demands. In the meantime, their initiative and self-respect are destroyed. Votes: 0

Gentlemen, I have spent the night thinking about this Peruvian (peace) initiative and I have to tell you that if it is your decision to accept then you will have to find another Prime Minister. Votes: 0

Government control gives rise to fraud, suppression of Truth, intensification of the black market and artificial scarcity. Above all, it unmans the people and deprives them of initiative, it undoes the teaching of self-help"¦ Votes: 0

When you take out individual initiative, individual responsibility, and the hope that every individual is born with, to better their lives, to climb the economic ladder, to pursue happiness, that is, in fact, a neoslavery. Votes: 0

Hip Hop Sisters is going strong. Our signature initiative is #EducateOurMen, whereby we have the pleasure, the enjoyment, as well as having received the blessings from above to send young men to further their education. Votes: 0

Unicef's education initiative does not seek to impose, but to initiate and integrate. It does, however, aim to address the huge bias towards education for boys at the expense of girls in so many cultures. Votes: 0

The end and goal of any society as it addresses the problem of education is to raise the ability, the initiative and the cultural level, and with all these the survival level of that society. Votes: 0

Founded on the principles of private initiative, entrepreneurship and self-employment, underpinned by the values of democracy, equality and solidarity, the co-operative movement can help pave the way to a more just and inclusive economic order. Votes: 0