Initiative Quotes · Page 6

“The relentless act of invention and innovation and initiative is the best marketing asset.”

— Seth Godin

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

— Chris Martin

Political leaders will only undertake bold climate initiatives if they know the American people want it.

— Frances Beinecke

No single initiative by itself can solve the climate crisis.

— Allen Hershkowitz

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

— Mitt Romney

For me, pressing is an important factor. If you want to have initiative in a game I think it's necessary.

— Erik ten Hag

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

— Werner Herzog

Announcing a diversity initiative, or making it a cause, exerts unwanted pressure.

— Romesh Ranganathan

Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by…

— Ferdinand de Saussure

As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy.…

— Evan Bayh

That's the way it is: you have to show your initiative, you have to show talent and availability, and still have an…

— Joan Leslie

If we succeed in learning more about how to expand program innovations from pilot projects so that they have broader program impact,…

— Ruth Simmons

It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around Alberta, to limit the extent to which an aggressive and hostile…

— Stephen Harper

Hip Hop Sisters is going strong. Our signature initiative is #EducateOurMen, whereby we have the pleasure, the enjoyment, as well as having…

— MC Lyte

Where self-interest is violently suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control which dries up the wellsprings of initiative…

— P. J. O'Rourke

“It’s not bravery unless you are doing something which causes you to feel afraid. Unless there is some degree of fear or…

— Susan C. Young

The search for truth is a cooperative, unending endeavor. We can, and should, engage in it to the extent we can and…

— Noam Chomsky

As long as nuclear weapons exist, there is a risk that they will be used. And the consequences of their use would…

— Margot Wallstrom

The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50…

— Donald Rumsfeld

Many change initiatives are poorly thought out, and rolled out prematurely. Others are genuinely good ideas but the proponents underestimate the amount…

— Gary A. Klein

The lack of crispness comes significantly from a societal change in what's valued: a replacement of bold individual initiative with collaboration, consensus,…

— Marty Nemko

I congratulate NUS for launching a new degree, a bachelor of environmental studies. This is a most timely initiative. One of the…

— Tommy Koh

In Germany it is good if as many people as possible join initiatives and peaceful demonstrations against the rule of the financial…

— Sigmar Gabriel

Even the Interior Ministry in Riyadh was hit. Since then, the Saudis have employed a very intelligent and comprehensive approach to counter…

— David Petraeus

One of their major initiatives was getting all officers on Facebook. So the question is, why are these people who are there…

— Michael Hastings

Don't slag off other creators or companies. We'll cheerfully mock dumb politicians on Twitter, but we try to never slam another creator's…

— Greg Pak

I don't think she ever had a single initiative at the United Nations that was not previously [vetted] by the people at…

— William A. Rusher

The very reason why we object to state ownership, that it puts a stop to individual initiative and to the healthy development…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Just Show Up. Guess what? Being in the right place at the right time can’t happen without your first showing up. Companies…

— Susan C. Young

“Extend Invitations "How many times have you sat at home alone feeling jealous or sad that you were not invited to a…

— Susan C. Young

Either the State for ever, crushing individual and local life, taking over in all fields of human activity, bringing with it its…

— Peter Kropotkin

From the prophets' dreams of the time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares to today's aspirations of a nuclear-weapons-free world,…

— David Saperstein

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

— Puff Daddy

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

— Keith Rabois

“God must be totally amazed by men’s initiatives, creating too many jobs out of a given hole.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

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

— Christopher McCandless

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

— Mike Krzyzewski

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

— Bill Maher

“Many lose through never starting. A job well begun is half done.”

— Orrin Woodward

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

— Hrithik Roshan