Quotes of: Initiatives Keyword

Every missed rite of passage leads to a new rigidification of the personality.

Adam's Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation

The soul needs meaning as much as the body needs food.

Adam's Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation

Initiative without action is the same as having the mind to acknowledge a problem, but not having the heart to see it through.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

At least it was love we were showing initially, and not hatred and violence like you did in the end.

To My Last Friend

Her physical beauty had initially caught my attention, but it was her spirit that imprisoned my heart and soul forever. - Jonathan

Mythology: The Wicked

It is a truism but it is still true that the longer one knows people the less relevant it becomes whether or not one liked them initially.

Snobs

I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance…and if you have anxiety about initiating a project, then of course you will associate risk with failure.

Poke the Box

What I want is to live of that initial and primordial something that was what made some things reach the point of aspiring to be human.

The Passion According to G.H.

Any training is initially difficult, but with persistence practice, we can master the art.

Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset. As people have been noting for years, the majority of strategic initiatives that are driven from the top are marginally effective - at best.

Peter Senge

When I initially committed to joining 'Dancing with the Stars,' I didn't realize just how physically demanding it would be for me. Unable to put forth my best effort, I felt it appropriate to step aside and give someone else the opportunity.

Vincent Pastore

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

Nicholas Sparks

People may say no one ever died of a broken heart, but when you're suffering from one, it sure doesn't feel that way--at least initially.

Paula Heller Garland

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

Initially, before the modern state of Iraq was created, there were three separate provinces here: a Shiite in the south, a largely Sunni one in the middle, and a Kurdish one in the north.

Richard Engel

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act.

Sylvia Earle

Writers are in control of editing processes - making a sentence better, cutting out a paragraph. But the initial outpouring has very little to do with conscious control or manipulation.

Siri Hustvedt

I think we were all initially swept along with the Obama win, but he's proven to be simply a set of teeth, and useless in every other regard.

Steven Patrick Morrissey

I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.

Sally Ride

I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant.

Sarah Sutton

I danced in a company of 'West Side Story' when I was very young. It was most of the original cast - Larry Kert, Chita Rivera - and Jerry Robbins directed. It was tough, a wonderful initiation for me.

Teri Garr