Initiative Quotes

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

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.

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.

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?

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.

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 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.

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.

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

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

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.

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.

Genius is initiative on fire.

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's been years, decades, since a president has lost a major trade initiative. That would be bad headlines.

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

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.

Last year, the Assembly of the League, as a result of the initiative taken by the Scandinavian nations, further limited and clarified all the provisions of the clause prescribing the duty of states to participate in sanctions.