#initiative

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits one-self, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. ↗

— William Hutchison Murray

#commitment #creation #determination #initiative #dreams

A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to. ↗

— Banksy

#initiative #oxymoron #paradox #independence

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. ↗

— Marek Belka

#country #culture #european #flourish #grave

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. ↗

— Al Gore

#creating #during #i #initiative #internet

I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives. ↗

— Fawn Hall

#details #did #i #initiatives #iran

The U.S. states that allow for citizens' initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that don't. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#beauty #best #citizens #encourages #fewer

Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#dismay #expressed #healthcare #informed #initiative

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#doing #doing the right thing #initiative #right #right thing

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

— Gwen Ifill

#been #decades #headlines #initiative #lost

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope. ↗

— Barack Obama

#helping-others #hope #initiative #just-do-it #proactivity