Initiative Quotes - Page 26

• In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we must do it. Yet that is never the attitude of a spiritually vigorous saint. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances.

  Oswald Chambers

  Christian, Jesus, Motivation

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.405, Discovery House

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• In a word, what characterizes the spiritist revelation is that while divine in its origin and of the initiative of the Spirits, its elaboration is fruit of man’s work.

  Allan Kardec

  Men, Fruit, Spirit

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• I just cannot understand why we can't have better schools. That private schools are the only option for the kind of high-net-worth crowd, I think, is ridiculous. It should be a major initiative. It should be something we're all working on. We have to get our head out of the clouds.

  Marc Benioff

  School, Thinking, Clouds

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• I think the U.S. is falling behind. There's massive government initiatives going around the world and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.

  Anne Wojcicki

  Real, Fall, Thinking

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• Of course, we will work towards that end. Of course, we will work to achieve this result. However, you have just mentioned the 1956 agreement, and one may recall that these negotiations were later terminated, in effect, on Japan's initiative.

  Vladimir Putin

  Japan, Agreement, May

  Source: www.rt.com

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• As regards humanitarian issues and how to handle them, that was the Prime Minister's [Shinzō Abe] initiative. He brought the matter up at our last meeting in Lima and asked me straightforwardly whether we would agree to let Japanese citizens travel on a visa-free basis, resolve the issue in such a way as to enable them to visit the South Kurils, visit their native areas. I said at once that it was quite possible.

  Vladimir Putin

  Issues, Citizens, Matter

  Source: www.rt.com

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• I felt like, what better way for people to understand me by taking the initiative in giving my real name, my name that moms taught me so y'all actually know what's going on in my life and my music.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Mom, Real, Names

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• I'm deeply disturbed by the ways in which all of our cultures are demonizing the other. This is why I'm launching a new initiative, and it's to help all of us, myself included, to counteract the tendency to otherize.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Way, Culture, Helping

  "Should We Take "The Other" To Lunch?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, wvxu.org. December 16, 2016.

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• I'm calling my initiative take the other to lunch. If you are a Republican, you can take a Democrat to lunch or if you're a Democrat, think of it as taking a Republican to lunch because there is no shortage of the other right in your own neighborhood, maybe that person who worships at the mosque or the church or the synagogue down the street or someone from the other side of the abortion conflict - or maybe your brother-in-law who doesn't believe in global warming.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Brother, Believe, Thinking

  "Should We Take "The Other" To Lunch?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, wbaa.org. December 16, 2016.

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• In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Giving Up, Party, Years

  Source: legrandsoir.info

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• After Hitler was destroyed, there was the threat of Stalin, but it was always the world pressure that was upon America that enabled black people to go forward. It was not the initiative internally that the Negro put forth in America, nor was it a change of moral heart on the part of Uncle Sam it was world pressure.

  Malcolm X

  Uncles, Heart, America

  Source: www.panafricanperspective.com

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• People of all kinds are waking up. Even people passionate for Obama realize even that knight on a white horse isn't enough to roll back the oligarchy. I'm seeing a lot of action on the left as well that is never reported. But the Tea Party response is the most visible and the initiative they show is the most recognizable.

  Naomi Wolf

  Horse, Party, White

  "Naomi Wolf Thinks the Tea Parties Help Fight Fascism -- Is She Onto Something or in Fantasy Land?". Interview with Justine Sharrock, www.alternet.org. March 29, 2010.

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• Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels gratified, because it shows that the resources of the game are far from being exhausted.

  Savielly Tartakower

  Successful, Games, Black

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

  Jo Ann Emerson

  War, Keys, World

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• The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an important step forward in ensuring that the United States remains competitive in the global economy. Career technical education (CTE) shares the Initiative s goal that all students must be college and career ready. CTE programs that incorporate the Common Core Standards will ensure students have the academic and technical knowledge and skills to be successful in the 21st century workplace.

  Kimberlee Green

  Educational, Successful, College

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• If you're talking about competing with countries in the industrialized, developed world, they don't have healthcare costs. Their societies have that as a priority. Here in America, we won't have the same kind of healthcare availability because it's still a private sector initiative. But that's O.K. because it's facilitated to be made more affordable in a public way.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Country, Talking, Availability

  Source: blog.sfgate.com

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• Now Carlos Slim, as you know, comes from Mexico. He's given many millions of dollars to the Clintons and their initiatives.

  Donald Trump

  New York, Dollars, Mexico

  "Stirewalt: Press doesn't need conspiracy to take down Trump". www.foxnews.com. October 14, 2016.

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• So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon,for each day to have a new and different sun.

  Aron Ralston

  Passion, Adventure, Reality

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• Peace should be a hallmark of the godly person, first because it is a Godlike trait: God is called the God of peace several times in the New Testament. He took the initiative to establish peace with rebellious men, and He is the author of both personal peace as well as peace among men. Peace should be part of our character also because God has promised us His peace, because He has commanded us to let peace rule in our lives and relationships, and because peace is a fruit of the Spirit and therefore an evidence of His working in our lives.

  Jerry Bridges

  Character, Godly, Men

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• Washington basically works for the corporate sector and Silicon Valley, technically at least, is suppose to sponsor initiative in creativity, whether it does or not is another question.

  Noam Chomsky

  Creativity, Valleys, Doe

  Interview with Jegan Vincent de Paul, chomsky.info. August 15, 2012.

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• When the purge of teacher individualism is unrestrained, eccentricity, initiative and individuality become the casualties.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Leadership, Teacher, Learning

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• Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Leadership, Teacher, Learning

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• The U.S. government is selling $30 billion worth of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Yeah, it's part of a new initiative called, 'Operation Regret This In Five Years.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Regret, Government, Years

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• I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church... a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout the world, and I also invite each person, including our fellow Christians, followers of other religions and all men of good will, to participate, in whatever way they can, in this initiative.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Prayer, Men

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• There are resources to help and simple steps that parents, preschools, businesses, and communities can take to help our kids succeed, because we're all in this together, and that's what the Too Small to Fail Initiative is all about.

  Hillary Clinton

  Kids, Simple, Parent

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