I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi Copy Share Image
If you're talking about competing with countries in the industrialized, developed world, they don't have healthcare costs. Their societies have that as… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Philosophers should consider the fact that the greatest happiness principle can easily be made an excuse for a benevolent dictatorship. We should… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Action is the music of our life. Like music, it starts from a pause of leisure, a silence of activity which our… — Salvador de Madariaga Copy Share Image
After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Education, and the life of the mind generally, is a matter in which individual initiative is the chief thing needed; the function… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“If we seek spiritual heroism ourselves, the old ego is just back in control under a new name. There would not really… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Not so long ago people believed in ideologies, systems, and institutions to save all societies. Today, they have given up such hopes… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The most important step of all is the first step. Start something! What if that idea you have in the back of… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically. The system suppresses individual initiative, and the 21st century is all about individualism and… — Lech Walesa Copy Share Image
Fitness begins with initiative and continues with consistency. The six pack abs is a byproduct of being healthy. — Hrithik Roshan Copy Share Image
No one could become an efficient leader or take the initiative in any great undertaking without belief in himself. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
It was very much an Australian/New Zealand initiative to have a nuclear free South Pacific. And the Americans were very apprehensive about… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
The lessons we have begun to learn make me hopeful, that human beings will become friendlier, more harmonious, less harmful. Compassion and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard… — Anna Pavlova Copy Share Image
More than ever I find myself in the hands of God. This (illness) is what I have wanted all my life from… — Pedro Arrupe Copy Share Image
Building on our Young South-east Asian Leaders Initiative, I'm hopeful that we can continue expand the ties and cooperation between our young… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
New Zealand was colonised initially by those Australians who had the initiative to escape. — Robert Muldoon Copy Share Image
Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We think one of the priorities in Mississippi is not to do what some would suggest, which is to defund the police.… — Tate Reeves Copy Share Image
It's really important, obviously, for people to realize that it is a very small percentage, only 1 percent of our total economy,… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
I saw that leaders placed too much emphasis on what some call high level strategy, on intellectualizing and philosophizing, and not enough… — Lawrence Bossidy Copy Share Image
