Initiative Quotes

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?

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

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.

Actually, I have been very supportive of a very robust stimulus package from day one. I think this economy has to have a major stimulus initiative because the only group with liquidity is the federal government.

A key U.S. initiative in this trade war must be to develop reliable trading partners in the world.

The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people.

We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.

I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers.

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

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.

I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.

Rather than proposing a forward-looking energy initiative, House Republicans continue to push Big Oil's tired old ideas, ideas that will do absolutely nothing to lower gas prices for the American consumer.

I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.

The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any device.

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

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

My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning.

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream.

Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.

These three movements were born spontaneously and independently of the initiative of a few French patriots who had a place in the old political groups and parties.

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

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

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

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.