#initiative

There's a huge cost in being bipartisan, a tradition started by Newt Gingrich when he took over the House in 1994 and has continued forward, that you dare not vote against the Republican Party even if you're voting against your own initiatives and your own interests. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#being #bipartisan #continued #cost #dare

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. ↗

— Jean Moulin

#few #french #groups #had #independently

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. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#absolutely nothing #american #american consumer #big #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. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#creativity #economy #free #free economy #god-given

We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative. ↗

— Seth Godin

#initiative #business

Traditional corporations, particularly large-scale service and manufacturing businesses are organized for efficiency. Or consistency. But not joy. Joy comes from surprise and connection and humanity and transparency and new...If you fear special requests, if you staff with cogs, if you have to put it all in a manual, then the chances of amazing someone are really quite low. These organizations have people who will try to patch problems over after the fact, instead of motivated people eager to delight on the spot. The alternative, it seems, is to organize for joy. These are the companies that give their people the freedom (and the expectation) that they will create, connect and surprise. These are the organizations that embrace someone who make a difference, as opposed to searching the employee handbook for a rule that was violated. ↗

— Seth Godin

#initiative #joy #business

Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

#initiative #courage

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. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#initiative #self-education #education

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

— John Taylor Gatto

#education-system #initiative #self-education #education

There should be painless progression, attended by life and peace....Mortals will some day assert their freedom in the name of Almighty God....Dropping their present beliefs, they will recognize harmony and as the spiritual reality and discord as the material unreality. Chapter VII pp. 224 and 228 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures ↗

— Mary Baker Eddy

#initiative #progress #sadness #freedom