Best 124 quotes in «initiative quotes» category

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

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

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

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.

I know that historically our foundation has had great relations with all the administrations.[Bill] Clinton administration did a lot of outreach. The greatest rise in U.S. foreign aid was under the [George] Bush administration, that's where we got the AIDS initiative, which is called PEPFAR.

I had started by imitating a parrot, which is unusual, in that a parrot is supposed to imitate you. By taking the initiative you allow the parrot no alternative but to be itself, which proves again that attack is often the best defence.

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

Initiative is as essential to success as a hub is essential to a wagon wheel.

Initiative is the privilege of picking yourself.

Initiative is at the heart of manhood

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

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

It is the human potentials that interest me. I travel and everywhere I go I am amazed at the presence of Nigerians. The intelligence, integrity, productivity, initiative.

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.

It was very much an Australian/New Zealand initiative to have a nuclear free South Pacific. And the Americans were very apprehensive about this. So, I explained to them that, as far as I was concerned, this didn't involve any diminution in our commitment to the ANZUS relationship. But David Lange took it further and he barred visits of US nuclear warships to New Zealand.

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

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

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

Most nanny-state initiatives begin on a local level.

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.

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

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.

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

No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions can produce a happier or more prosperous society.

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 rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives.

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.

Of course, we will work towards that end. Of course, we will work to achieve this result. However, you have just mentioned the 1956 agreement, and one may recall that these negotiations were later terminated, in effect, on Japan's initiative.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Take stands, take risks, take responsibility.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

We got a malaria initiative, really a phenomenal time, even though in the early stages there was some uncertainty. Then of course [Barack] Obama, although he had budget constraints, he believed in these things; a lot of new initiatives, including in agriculture.

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.

Urban development initiatives must match the aspirations of the middle class and the neo middle class.

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.