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“Every country has its own diplomacy. Being part of Europe doesn't mean giving up one's independence or no longer being able to take the initiative.”

Giving Mean Country Giving Up Independence Initiative Diplomacy

Author:Emmanuel Macron

“Confidence is not just in people's heads; it comes from the culture of the organization. It's easier to expect success when working in an organization that has a culture of accountability, collaboration, and initiative. Without this, it's easier - and more self-protective - to assume failure so the person is not disappointed and instead pleasantly surprised.”

Culture Assuming Accountability Disappointed Collaboration Initiative

Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“Innovation is an outgrowth of initiative, and initiative - taking positive actions in a belief that your actions can make a difference - is a big part of confidence.”

Action Belief Innovation Making A Difference Initiative

Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“There are three possible ways to react to right-wing extremist parties. The first is to act as though they don't exist and to no longer risk taking political initiatives that could get these parties against you. The second reaction is to chase after these right-wing extremist parties in fascination. The third is to say, these people are my true enemies and to engage them in battle.”

People Political Party Enemy Risk Battle Initiative Extremist

Author:Emmanuel Macron

“It is my duty to say: Something has to change. I say that very directly, in clear words so that nobody can misunderstand me. And I believe in our new initiative for continuing education and vocational training. For French people who are socially disadvantaged, this means real recognition and support.”

People Believe Mean Real I Believe Support Duty Training Recognition Initiative

Author:Emmanuel Macron

“You frequently hear the phrase "culture eats strategy for lunch!" This is something that they don't teach you in school and few leaders appreciate. Cultural influences come at you from two different directions. There is the organizational culture that you must understand if you are to impact significant strategic initiatives. If the "people" are on board, you can achieve anything. Vice versa if they are not - you will not achieve anything.”

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Author:James Merlino

“I don't feel that there is anything deep in the political culture that prevents "educating the masses." I'm old enough to recall vividly the high level of culture, general and political, among first-generation working people during the Great Depression. Workers' education was lively and effective, union-based - mostly the vigorous rising labor movement, reviving from the ashes of the 1920s. I've often seen independent and impressive initiatives in working-class and poor and deprived communities today.”

People Enough Today Political Culture Community Poor Labor Independent Initiative Impressive Lively Great Depression

Author:Noam Chomsky

“New York has one of the largest school systems in the country, but it's one of the best school systems in the country. I worked on an initiative called Family Strengthening. What it meant was we began to work with families, people coming out who were incarcerated, connecting them back to the family. Kids today, some of them need psychological help, not just providing for them. We have issues - we have to break cycles. We need to be accountable and we need to assess what's working and what's not working.”

People Country Helping Kids Today School Break Psychological Initiative Strengthening

Author:Sheila Dixon

“There are jobs here in Baltimore, but the problem is we don't have skilled people. Like the Port Covington initiative - that's 20 years out. I instituted initiatives as mayor that called for equities for minorities, increase minority opportunities, training. It's a good model to duplicate. Everybody doesn't want to go to college. A lot of our vocational programs don't have the latest technology. Students should begin freshman year in high school working on a plan for graduation - either going into an apprenticeship or college.”

People Problem School Opportunity Technology Students College Training High School Program Initiative Equity Freshman Freshman Year

Author:Sheila Dixon

“It would have been better if the United Nations had sent a team to Mali right away to mediate between the government and the rebels. But where is the political initiative? The Americans make their usual recommendations. They want to train the army for the fight with the rebels. US special forces are already in Mali.”

Political Fighting Team Special Army Train Rebel Initiative United Nations

Author:Ahmed Rashid

“The human species is now at a point where it has to make choices that are going to determine whether decent survival is even possible. Environmental catastrophe, including war, maybe pandemics, these are very serious issues and they can't be addressed within the current structure of institutions. That's almost given. There have to be real significant changes, and only really effective popular mass-based movements can introduce and carry forward such initiatives, as indeed did happen during the 1930s.”

War Real Choices Serious Survival Environmental Determine Significant Decent Being Real Introducing Initiative Catastrophe 1930s

Author:Noam Chomsky

“I liked the idea of giving Eligible a feminist flavor. While I do think that in Pride and Prejudice, Liz Bennet is very bold, she is also very restricted in terms of what's appropriate for her to do and the ways it's appropriate for her to behave. One of the differences between Pride and Prejudice and Eligible is that my female characters take more initiative in their romantic lives.”

Thinking Giving Character Term Pride Female Prejudice Feminist Behave Initiative

Author:Curtis Sittenfeld

“A change initiative can fail for multiple reasons - in fact, there are just too many things that can go wrong. The focus of the initiative might be wrong - too narrow or too broad. The initiative might be poorly executed or under-resourced. But most often, a change initiative fails because it hits a behavioral impasse. Something in the culture of the company is in conflict with the objective or execution of the initiative.”

Reason Culture Focus Failing Conflict Initiative Multiple

Author:James A. Champy

“When a change initiative is focused on changing a company's culture directly, it can take five to ten years to accomplish its objective. Company cultures don't change easily. My friend Peter Drucker used to argue that company cultures don't change at all.”

Culture Accomplish Focused Arguing Initiative

Author:James A. Champy

“I think that people still naturally want to be part of a team and participate in the success and achievement of a group effort. So we tend to be enthusiastic and productive - and even loyal. I believe that there are very few people who purposefully try to undermine the efforts of their organization. When people do act against the objectives of a change initiative, it's often because they genuinely believe it's not the right thing for the company to do. You could argue that it's a form of misguided loyalty.”

People Thinking Trying Believe I Believe Effort Team Achievement Arguing Loyalty Right Thing Productive Loyal Initiative Enthusiastic

Author:James A. Champy

“If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.”

Ifs Helping Compassion Support Enlightenment Harm Helping Others Initiative Daily Buddhist Harming Others

Author:Dalai Lama

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

Made Important Information Phones Available Devices Initiative Mobile

Author:Tim Berners-Lee

“Real prosperity comes from everybody in the country working together in a growth mode. Real prosperity comes as a result of people's own initiative and efforts and so forth. Prosperity, if it comes from the government, is not prosperity. It's an existence or a subsistence or whatever, but it isn't prosperity.”

People Ifs Real Country Government Together Growth Results Effort Existence Prosperity Working Together Initiative Subsistence Countries Working Together

Author:Rush Limbaugh

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

Firsts Performances Rate Theatre Recognition Initiative Indispensable

Author:Franz Liszt

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

Important Ideas Differences Making A Difference Initiative New Ideas Nurture Nurturing

Author:Wangari Maathai

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

Thinking Funny Religion Atheism Building Atheist Flying Planes Disorder Initiative Agnostic Faith Based Order And Disorder Neurological Disorders

Author:Bill Maher

“If a brand genuinely wants to make a social contribution, it should start with who they are, not what they do. For only when a brand has defined itself and its core values can it identify causes or social responsibility initiatives that are in alignment with its authentic brand story.”

Ifs Want Should Stories Values Social Causes Responsibility Core Defined Brands Contribution Initiative Social Responsibility Alignment Core Values

Author:Simon Mainwaring

“We must develop knowledge optimization initiatives to leverage our key learnings.”

Keys Initiative Optimization

Author:Scott Adams

“The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.”

Government Together Individual Company Internet Succeed Research Making Money Initiative

Author:Barack Obama

“The Holocaust committed by the Nazis turned this country, where most of the European Jews used to live and where their culture used to flourish, into a massive grave. This is why initiatives to revive Jewish culture in Poland is so important.”

Important Country Used Culture Committed Jew Graves Massive Genocide Holocaust Initiative Nazi Poland Revive Jewish Culture

Author:Marek Belka

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

Hard Success Individual Hard Work Depends Initiative Exertion

Author:Anna Pavlova

“Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the President's economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation - innovation begins in the classroom - clean energy and climate, addressing the climate issues in an innovative way to keep us number one and competitive in the world with the new technology, and the third, first among equals I may say, is health care, health insurance reform.”

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

Character Nations Imagination Four Human Nature Built Independence Structure Individuality Individualism Initiative Cornerstones Character Education Personality Flaws

Author:Eddie Rickenbacker

“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?”

Love Motivational Today Action Success Simple Produce Depth Following Initiative Congratulations Momentum Expressing Love Depth Of Love

Author:Tony Robbins

“Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.”

Motivational Desire Values Loses Greatness Good Life Initiative Urgent Urgency Sense Of Urgency

Author:Jim Rohn

“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.”

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Author:Milton Berle

“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.”

World Believe Government Opportunity Individual Responsibility Principles Economy Successful Keys Constitution Being Successful Initiative Personal Responsibility Small Government

Author:Mitt Romney

“Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.”

Government Fighting Opportunity Risk Spread Poison Initiative Risk-taking Dependency

Author:Mitt Romney

“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.”

People Believe Government Jobs Political Spirit Opportunity Millions Economy Succeed Approach Commitment Determine Backgrounds Initiative Limited Government New Job Clout

Author:Paul Ryan

“The moral case for individual initiative in a free economy holds that people have a God-given right to use their creativity to produce things that improve our lives.”

People Use Individual Given Moral Creativity Cases Economy Our Lives Produce Initiative Free Economy

Author:Paul Ryan

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”

“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.”

People Ifs Feels Dream Fighting Chance American Dream Initiative

Author:James Sinegal

“Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.”

Poor Player Modern Chess Initiative Defenders Dynamism

Author:Boris Spassky

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

Inspirational Reality Individual Crime Blessing Committed Initiative Passive Shocking Assassination Acquiescence

Book:The Histories

Source: The Histories

“At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did.”

Knows Way Different Film Found Belief Interesting Careers Capable Complicated Different Ways Makers Initiative

Author:Charlize Theron

“People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India.”

People Years Lasts Asks India Dialogue Initiative Pakistan Bihar India And Pakistan India Pakistan

Author:Atal Bihari Vajpayee

“After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office.”

Firsts Government Issues Office Election Barack Presidential Initiative Presidential Election

Book:63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read

Source: 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”

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

“Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competitiveness, improve the quality of government, and overcome the problems of illiteracy, miseducation, and unemployment.”

Problem Government Quality Needed Lows Program Overcoming Increase University Productivity Priorities Initiative Again And Again Unemployment Competitiveness Illiteracy

Book:Universities and the Future of America

Source: Universities and the Future of America

“No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions can produce a happier or more prosperous society.”

Should Form Suffering Millions Produce Socialism Communism Delusion Initiative Dictatorship Prosperous

Author:Charles E. Wilson

“Now listen to the first three aims of the corporatist movement in Germany, Italy and France during the 1920s. These were developed by the people who went on to become part of the Fascist experience: (1) shift power directly to economic and social interest groups; (2) push entrepreneurial initiative in areas normally reserved for public bodies; (3) obliterate the boundaries between public and private interest -- that is, challenge the idea of the public interest. This sounds like the official program of most contemporary Western governments.”

Source: The Unconscious Civilization

“We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess.”

Men Energy Ambition Initiative

Book:Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things

Source: Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things

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

Judgement Substitutes Initiative Organisation

Author:Louis D. Brandeis

“Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.”

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