Initiative Quotes

Initiative Quote of the day

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

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.

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.

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

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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).

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

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

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

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

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

Let us use our energy and our initiative to solve our problems without relying on prayers and wishful thinking. When we have faith in ourselves, we will find we do not have to have faith in gods.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

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.

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

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

Let's make a dent in the universe

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

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.

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

Take stands, take risks, take responsibility.

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.

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.

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling.

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.

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

An idea is worthless unless you use it.

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.

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

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