Quotes About Initiative

La cosa importante per il governo non è fare ciò che gli individui fanno già, e farlo un po' meglio o un po' peggio, ma fare ciò che presentemente non si fa del tutto.

No nation will ever respect us as long as we beg for that which we can do for ourselves. There has never been a leader of our people who went all-out to set up an economic plan for our people. I use the saying of Jesus, "All before me were thieves and robbers.

You don't need to take notes; you need to take action.

This individual does not know where initiative ends and rocket-propelled idiocy begins.

Matthew Henry said, "When God intends great mercy for His people, He sets them apraying." Indeed, when God wants anything accomplished in His Kingdom, He moves men to pray. God is always the initiator. All effectual prayer was moving in the heart of God before ever it began to move in the heart of man. What Kepler said as he unlocked the secrets of the heavens, could well be said by the man who prays in the Spirit: "O God, I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee.

On our part there must be the recognition of the rightness and need of fasting, the willingness for the self-discipline involved, and the exercise of heart before God; but in the final analysis the initiative is His.

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En el fondo —dice—, a una mujer de mundo le gusta saber que hay hombres superiores a otros, más audaces y elegantes, que no defraudarán su vanidad, no se detendrán ante su pretendida virtud, y tomarán la iniciativa usando, incluso, la violencia adecuada que sirva de excusa a la mujer... ¿Me explico?

Enthusiasm is that kindling spark which marks the difference between the leaders in every activity and the laggards who put in just enough to "get by."

Successful leaders have the courage to take action where others hesitate.

The shortest answer is the doing the thing.

So just bust a move!

Cavell writes: " 'No one comes' is a tragedy for a child. For a grown-up it means that the time has come to be the one who goes first."27

Action is movement with intelligence.

The chameleon nature of asmita is apparent when we set ourselves a challenge. The source of the challenge lies in the positive side of asmita, but the moment fear arises negatively, it inhibits our initiative. We must then issue a counter-challenge to disarm that fear

I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'

Lots of people dream big and talk about big bold ideas but never do anything. I judge people by what they've done. The ratio of something to nothing is infinite. So just do something.

You want to be on the offense and make the defense react. I feel like that.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

Ive been wanting to play Macbeth for quite a long time but then I just realised nobody is going to offer me the role so I have to generate it myself.

Some people just look at opportunities and say, 'Maybe something better might come along; let's wait and see.' But you don't wait. You just grab it and go after it.

Don't just sit around and wait for it to happen. 'Get Your Roll On.' If you're going to buy some rims, graduate from college, or whatever, get your roll on and make something shake.

I was a cheerleader in grammar school. There were no cheerleaders in that school I made them have them.

My grandmother always used to tell me, if I had a problem, I was only allowed to complain for one second. Then I had to take action.