initiative

The best way to predict future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

When eagles are silent, parrots begin to chatter.

Real men don't dance to other people's tune, instead, they play for others to dance.

The mark of man is initiative, but the mark of woman is cooperation. Man talks about freedom; woman about sympathy, love, sacrifice. Man cooperates with nature; woman cooperates with God. Man was called to till the earth, to "rule over the earth"; woman to be the bearer of a life that comes from God.

There is no " i " in team. But there are two in motivation._

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

If we can cease envisaging ourselves as metaphorical foetuses, and substitute the image of a newborn child, then that will be at least a small intellectual advance. In time, perhaps, we may even learn to toddle.

In the last 10 years, we have seen a rise in selfishness: selfies, self-absorbed people, superficiality, self-degradation, apathy, and self-destruction. So I challenge all of you to take initiative to change this programming. Instead of celebrating the ego, let's flip the script and celebrate the heart. Let's put the ego and celebrity culture to sleep, and awaken the conscience. This is the battle we must all fight together to win back our humanity. To save our future and our children.

I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.

When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling.

Earning is a product of learning. You're only one letter away from earning more.

At Cheney's initiative, the United States stripped terror suspects of long-established rights under domestic and international law, building a new legal edifice under exclusive White House ownership.

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

The government should now launch an initiative to encourage people to join the social work profession.

Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.