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“Combination does not produce though mergers and combinations are still the accepted panacea. In Big business there appears to be increasing aridity, bureaucracy, and stultifying sacrifice of initiative and above all fear.”

Doe Stills Bigs Science Sacrifice Acceptance Produce Productions Accepted Combination Initiative Bureaucracy Big Business Panacea Mergers

Author:Reginald Fessenden

“We believe that this initiative is a critical first step in our nation s effort to provide every student with a comprehensive, content rich and complete education. These standards have the potential to support teachers in achieving NEA s purpose of preparing students to thrive in a democratic society and a diverse, changing world as knowledgeable, creative and engaged citizens and lifelong learners.”

“State Farm is pleased to support the Common Core State Standards Initiative. State by State adoption of these standards is an important step towards maintaining our country s competitive edge. With a skilled and prepared workforce, the business community will be better prepared to face the challenges of the international marketplace.”

“You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water.”

Action Water Sea Greatness Inspirational Life Crosses Staring Initiative Being Positive

Author:Rabindranath Tagore

“I ought to have seized the initiative in 1938 instead of allowing myself to be forced into war in 1939; for war was, in any case, unavoidable. However, you can hardly blame me if the British and the French accepted at Munich every demand I made of them! (14th February 1945)”

Ifs Made War Nations Cases Ought Demand Blame British Accepted Allowing Initiative February Munich Blame Me

Author:Adolf Hitler

“Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws.”

States Law Individual Process Alcohol Marijuana Initiative Prohibition Repealing Marijuana Prohibition

Author:George Soros

“Opportunity does not knock. You have to find it”

Doe Opportunity Positive Initiative Being Positive

Author:Sumner Redstone

“A Positive Mental Attitude is the right mental attitude. What is the right mental attitude? It is most often comprised of the "plus" characteristics symbolized by such words as faith, integrity, hope, optimism, courage, initiative, generosity, tolerance, tact, kindliness, and good common sense. A person with positive mental attitude aims for high goals and constantly strives to achieve them.”

Source: Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude

“The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.”

“I'm not saying anything one way or the other about the two ballot issues. I am not speaking about the particular ballot issues. Those are up to the people of Ohio. But I certainly support the efforts of the governor to reign in the scale of government. I am not terribly familiar with the two ballot initiatives. But I am certainly supportive of the Republican Party's efforts here.”

People Way Two Government Party Effort Support Issues Crazy Particular Republican Scales Familiar One Way Initiative Governors Reign Republican Party Supportive Ballots Ohio

Author:Mitt Romney

“No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.”

Should Ideas Eye No Idea Judgement Steady Initiative Outlandish

Book:If I lived my life again

Source: If I lived my life again

“The country is now universally recognised as a nation on the move and takes its place amongst the successful economies in the region. The future potential is enormous but the country's destiny is in our hands. The time has come to move from small increments to bold, large initiatives. The time has come to stretch the envelope and set goals which were earlier not seen to be possible. The time has come for performance to be measured and for allocated funds of the government to reach the people for whom they were intended.”

“The Art of Success . . . Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and enthusiasm. . . . Success is having the courage to meet failure without being defeated. It is refusing to let present loss interfere with your long-range goal. . . . Success is relative and individual and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years add up to a great life.”

“Faced with the widespread destruction of the environment, people everywhere are coming to understand that we cannot continue to use the goods of the earth as we have in the past ... [A] new ecological awareness is beginning to emerge which rather than being downplayed, ought to be encouraged to develop into concrete programs and initiatives.”

People Use Earth Past Environment Awareness Ought Program Destruction Goods Concrete Initiative Ecological Be Encouraged

Author:Pope John Paul II

“From the freedom to explore comes the joy of learning. From knowledge acquired by personal initiative arises the desire for more knowledge. And from mastery of the novel and beautiful world awaiting every child comes self-confidence.”

World Children Self Beautiful Science Joy Desire Freedom Knowledge Novel Learning Self Confidence Arise Mastery Initiative More Knowledge Beautiful World Joy Of Learning

Author:E. O. Wilson

“The great experimental principle, then, is doubt, that philosophic doubt which leaves to the mind its freedom and initiative, and from which the virtues most valuable to investigators in physiology and medicine are derived.”

Mind Science Freedom Principles Virtue Doubt Medicine Valuable Experiments Initiative Philosophic Investigators Physiology

Book:Experimental Medicine

Source: Experimental Medicine

“Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and the virtues handed down to us by our families, to have the courage to defend those values and the willingess to sacrifice for them. Let us pledge to restore, in our time, the American spirit of voluntary service, of cooperation, of private and community initiative, a spirit that flows like a deep and mighty river through the history of our nation.”

“Any anti-bullying scheme, initiative or policy which fails to mention accountability for the bullies is likely to meet with little, and often no, success”

Littles Failing Policy Accountability Bullying Initiative Schemes Bully Anti Bullying

Author:Tim Field

“For more than 160 years, through the initiative of the French bishop Charles de Forbin Janson, the childhood of Jesus has become the icon for the commitment of Christian children who help the Church in her task of evangelization by prayer, sacrifice and gestures of solidarity....Thousands of children meet the needs of other children, driven by the love that the Son of God, become a child, brought to the earth. I say thanks to these little ones and I pray that they will always be missionaries.”

“Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome.”

Next Commit Witness Rome Missionary Initiative

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“Luck comes to a man who puts himself in the way of it. You went where something might be found and you found something, simple as that.”

Men Way Might Found Simple Luck Initiative

Book:The Sacketts Volume One 5-Book Bundle: Sackett's Land, To the Far Blue Mountains, The Warrior's Path, Jubal Sackett, Ride the River

Source: The Sacketts Volume One 5-Book Bundle: Sackett's Land, To the Far Blue Mountains, The Warrior's Path, Jubal Sackett, Ride the River

“An idea is worthless unless you use it.”

Ideas Use Initiative Worthless

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.”

Long Moments Waiting Miracle Initiative Here And Now

Author:Marcel Proust

“You create opportunities by performing, not complaining”

Opportunity Positive Complaining Performing Initiative Being Positive No Complaining

Book:Changing the Rules: Adventures of a Wall Street Maverick

Source: Changing the Rules: Adventures of a Wall Street Maverick

“Take stands, take risks, take responsibility.”

Responsibility Risk Initiative Taking Responsibility

Author:Muriel Siebert

“Take some initiative and snap outside of passivity; consistent small actions have impact.”

Action Impact Marketing Consistent Initiative Snaps Passivity Small Actions

Author:Darren Rowse

“If there is a trait which does characterize leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to be daunted by disadvantage and have the ability to turn disadvantage to good effect. They are people who seize opportunity and take risks. Leadership then seems to be a matter of personality and character.”

“A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.”

Men Life Action Breathe Convinced Initiative

Author:Georges Clemenceau

“What's more, sharia finance is another tool of Islamic separatism; instead of assimilating into American society, Muslims are demanding, and receiving, parallel financial institutions that reinforce the idea that they are unique, not subject to the laws and norms to which the rest of us are subject-a privileged class. At the same time, sharia finance initiatives are giving Islamic interests increased control over Western economic life.”

Source: Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam Is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs

“What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?”

Inspirational Today Action Simple Produce Inspirational Life Depth Initiative Momentum Expressing Love Depth Of Love

Author:Tony Robbins

“Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application has extended this limit for himself, should arouse the resentment of those who have accepted conventions which, since accepted by all, require no initiative of application. And this resentment generally takes the form of meaningless laughter or of criticism, if not persecution.”

Ifs Should Form Limits Laughter Criticism Critics Accepted Inevitable Application Meaningless Conventions Resentment Initiative Persecution Timidity Outraged

Book:Photographs by Man Ray: 105 Works, 1920-1934

Source: Photographs by Man Ray: 105 Works, 1920-1934

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.”

Inspirational Political Politics Chance Draws Commitment Committed Initiative Providence Boldness Splendid Incidents Unforeseen Moment Of Truth Inspirational Commitment Boldness And Courage Ineffectiveness

Author:W. H. Murray

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in ones favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.”

“As agonizing a disease as cancer is, I do not think it can be said that our civilization is threatened by it. ... But a very plausible case can be made that our civilization is fundamentally threatened by the lack of adequate fertility control. Exponential increases of population will dominate any arithmetic increases, even those brought about by heroic technological initiatives, in the availability of food and resources, as Malthus long ago realized.”

“If there is someone in need whom you wish to help, whether the initiative came from him or from you, do no more than he expects of you, not what you might personally wish to do. If you overstep the mark, you will not deserve thanks, but blame from him and others and you will attract hostility, not friendship.”

Ifs Needs Helping Wisdom Might Wish Deserve Mark Blame Thanks Islamic Initiative Hostility Not Friends

Author:Ibn Hazm

“People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary to get the job done.”

People Ends Done Problem Action Jobs Solutions Initiative Good Job Proactive Solution To A Problem Get The Job Done

Book:Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day

Source: Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day

“These are challenging and exciting times. No previous generation of Australians has ever had such an opportunity. No other country in the world has such an opportunity now. So long as we retain faith in ourselves, practise tolerance and reward initiative, we should be in no doubt about succeeding.”

World Should Long Country Opportunity Challenges Leadership Doubt Generations Succeed Exciting Rewards Tolerance No Doubt Initiative Other Countries Practise Previous Generations

Author:John Yu

“One of the most important post-9/11 efforts made to counter terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction is President Bush's Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).”

Made Important President Effort Security Weapons Mass Destruction Spread Terrorism Posts Initiative President Bush Weapons Of Mass Destruction Mass Destruction Proliferation Counter Terrorism

Author:Frank Gaffney

“The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation, including the loss of biodiversity and topsoil, accelerates, causing development efforts to falter.”

Stills Loss Effort Poverty Roles Environment Development Essentials Environmental Including Debate Discussion Initiative Degradation Biodiversity Accelerate Environmental Degradation Topsoil

Author:Wangari Maathai

“It's been just a year since the RNC committed to revamp the way they help our candidates with its 'Growth and Opportunity Project,' and already there are signs of improvement. From new leadership and initiatives in the digital arena, to improving the GOP ground game (as we just saw with David Jolly's victory in FL-13), to the historic decision to restructure the primary calendar and primary debates, the RNC's steps will help keep the House and to take the Senate in 2014, win the White House in 2016, and build for the future. Looking forward to more progress in the months ahead.”

“Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack”

Player Strategy Chess Initiative Chess Players

Author:Wilhelm Steinitz

“You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.”

Source: Profiles in Courageous Manhood

“The Caring for Climate initiative is fully aligned with our own explicit commitments, which reflect our respect for society in which we operate, respect for the environment, respect for the future generations. Climate change must be addressed through mutually beneficial collaboration and multi-stakeholder channels to be effective ultimately.”

Environment Generations Commitment Climate Climate Change Caring Collaboration Initiative Beneficial Future Generation Explicit Stakeholder

Author:Jose Lopez

“Currently, we allow our political and business leaders to get away with murder. Now is the time to change that. We need direct liability for those who are destroying our future and this planet. We need fast, profound and systemic change. History only moves forward when courageous people get up and act. That's why I support this citizens' initiative to recognise ecocide as the crime it is.”

“If we return to the two faces of individualism - individualism as the spur of energy, initiative, and imagination; and individualism as the limitless struggle of all against all - it can be seen how the two practices emerge from and limit the extend of the disequilibrating impact of the contradiction involved in the geocultural agenda.”

Ifs Two Faces Energy Imagination Practice Struggle Return Involved Limits Capitalism Impact Contradiction Agendas Individualism Initiative Limitless Spurs

Author:Immanuel Wallerstein

“We live in a society in which it seems that every space, every moment must be 'filled' with initiatives, activity, sound; often there is not even time to listen and dialogue... Let us not be afraid to be silent outside and inside ourselves, so that we are able not only to perceive God's voice, but also the voice of the person next to us, the voices of others.”

Persons Moments Inspiration Seems Able Faith Next Sound Voice Space Activity Filled Silent Christian Inspirational Dialogue Perceive Initiative

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“It is important always to know that the first word, the true initiative, the true activity comes from God and only by inserting ourselves into the divine initiative, only begging for this divine initiative, shall we too be able to become - with him and in him - evangelizers.”

Knows Firsts Important Inspiration Able Faith Divine Activity Initiative Begging

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“I congratulate NUS for launching a new degree, a bachelor of environmental studies. This is a most timely initiative. One of the biggest challenges facing Asia is to reconcile Asia's rapid economic development with care for the environment.”

Care Challenges Study Environment Economic Development Degrees Environmental Initiative Asia Rapids Reconcile Bachelors Economic Development Timely Launching

Author:Tommy Koh

“Citizens who over-rely on their government to do everything not only become dependent on their government, they end up having to do whatever the government demands. In the meantime, their initiative and self-respect are destroyed.”

Ends Self Government Responsibility Citizens Demand Destroyed Rely Self Respect Dependent Initiative

Author:Charles Koch

“Repeatedly asking for government help undermines the foundations of society by destroying initiative and responsibility. It is also a fatal blow to efficiency and corrupts the political process.”

Helping Government Political Process Responsibility Asking Foundation Blow Destroying Initiative Efficiency

Author:Charles Koch

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