Initiative Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

An idea is worthless unless you use it.

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.

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

Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Never relinquish the initiative.

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

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

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.

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

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

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

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

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

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

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

Nobody is too important to lead the initiative you say is important.

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.

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.

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.

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

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

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

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

Real change in society must start from individual initiative.

The individual can take initiatives without anybody's permission. Only individuals can think. Only the individual disregards his fears and commits himself exclusively to reforming the human environment.

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

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