Quotes of Initiative - somelinesforyou

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

- Louis Brandeis

“ Management that is destructively critical when mistakes are made kills initiative and it's essential that we have many people with initiative if we're to continue to grow. ”

- Lewis Lehr

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

- Richard M. Nixon

“ Organization can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgment. ”

- Justice Louis D. Brandeis

“ The unanimous vote by the Security Council… offers Iraq a chance to disarm in peace. That was the meaning of France's initiative since the start. ”

- Jacques Chirac

“ When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference. ”

- Samuel Dash

“ You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

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

- Bill Maher

“ It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa. ”

- Wangari Maathai

“ You've got to take initiative and play your game…confidence makes the difference. ”

- Chris Evert

“ It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by — Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics. ”

- Ren Mulford Jr.

“ Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got. ”

- Peter Drucker

“ Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions. ”

- Bo Bennett

“ Never relinquish the initiative. ”

- Charles de Gaulle

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

- Eddie Murphy

“ Beaurocracy destroys initiative. ”

- Frank Herbert

“ A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all. ”

- Publius Cornelius Tacitus

“ Details often kill initiative, but there have been few successful men who weren't good at details. Don't ignore details. Lick them. ”

- William B. Given Jr.

“ Faith is an encounter in which God takes and keeps the initiative. ”

- Eugene Joly

“ Genius is initiative on fire. ”

- George Holbrook Jackson

“ Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. ”

- Victor Hugo

“ It's not been so much our resources or our government that have given us our enduring vibrancy and growth, but the initiative and enterprise of individual Americans. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference. ”

- Chris Evert Lloyd

“ One of the characteristics of American society is its reliance on individual initiative and voluntary action to achieve goals. ”

- Helen Boosalis

“ Prolonged idleness paralyzes initiative. ”

- Unknown

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

- Anna Pavlova

“ The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: initiative, imagination, individuality, and independence. ”

- Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

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

- Harry Browne

“ You can buy a person's time; you can buy his physical presence in a given place; you can even buy a measured number of his skilled muscular motions per hour. But you cannot buy enthusiasm. You cannot buy initiative. You cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds and souls… ”

- Clarence Francis

“ I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a transformer in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader. ”

- Stephen Covey
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