Initiative Quote by Ovid “Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative” — Ovid ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Initiative Opposites People Thinking
What is initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Initiative without action is the same as having the mind to acknowledge a problem, but not having the heart to see it through. — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants. — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to… — Ed Harris Copy Share Image
It's surprising how many people get bogged down in analysing, planning, and organizing when what they really need to do is take action. — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“Initiative and starting are about neither of these. They are about “let’s see” and “try.” If there’s no clear right answer, perhaps the thing… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I will not start an initiative until I've spent my own money. Because if I spend my own money, people who want to get… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
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… — William L. McKnight Copy Share Image
Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses. — Ovid Copy Share
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. — Ovid Copy Share
A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.] — Ovid Copy Share
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are. — Ovid Copy Share
I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love. — Ovid Copy Share
The sea's vast depths lie open to the fish; Wherever the breezes blow the bird may fly; So to the brave man every land's a home. — Ovid Copy Share
Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees. — Ovid Copy Share
Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies. — Ovid Copy Share
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
The vast majority of local people will neither know all of the initiatives nor have any perception that the individual elements are beginning to… — Paul Burrell Copy Share Image
The search for truth is a cooperative, unending endeavor. We can, and should, engage in it to the extent we can and encourage others… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We embark unhesitatingly on the path, in a direction that is absolutely right and urgent, supported by everyone, in the knowledge that this path is but a learning process... We have to keep on learning, creating, applying, by-passing, touching upon, refining and clarifying a number of notions and details that need to be improvised and applied and which, thank God,… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share
I want to take initiative; I know my game and I know what I need to do to win. — Frances Tiafoe Copy Share Image
Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Be the Inviter “When I began my speaking career, I designed and delivered motivational programs for children teaching them success skills for life. Before going into a middle school one year, I interviewed the principal, Alexis Tibbetts, to ask what words of wisdom her students desperately needed to hear from me. She shared, “Kids can be so cruel. Some of… — Susan C. Young Copy Share
It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives. — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
“Don’t simply exist in this world, but grasp life’s potential by the jacket. Dare it to be all it can. Make life historical—a gripping… — Richelle Goodrich Copy Share Image
By declaring yourself a leader, you're taking initiative and moving into a role of influence in a lively and vital network that's changing the world. We're changing the world, first by changing ourselves and then by touching the world as changed beings. We believe the change in us catalyzes change in others. So in changing the world, we're choosing to… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share
We are entering an era in which national government, instead of directing, enables powerful regional and local initiatives to work, where Britain becomes as… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
