Robert Muldoon quotes

“New Zealand was colonised initially by those Australians who had the initiative to escape.”
-- Robert Muldoon

Source : Robert David Muldoon (1981). “My Way”, Wellington : Reed

#Initiative Quotes

“Raptors are smart. Very smart. Believe me, all the problems we have so far are nothing compared with what we'd have if the raptors ever got out of their holding pen.”
-- Robert Muldoon

#Smart Quotes #Believe Quotes #Problem Quotes

“New Zealanders who leave for Australia raise the IQ of both countries”
-- Robert Muldoon

#Country Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Australia Quotes

“Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative.”

Source : Abba Eban (1969). “My people: the story of the Jews”, George Weidenfeld & Nicholson

“Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.”

“Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood,”

“In moments of crisis, the initiative passes to those who are best prepared.”

“Even when other people don’t expect a lot out of you,you have to take the initiative.”

“Initiative is at the heart of manhood”

“One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants.”

“Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.”

“This individual does not know where initiative ends and rocket-propelled idiocy begins.”

Source : Elizabeth Moon (2004). “Marque and Reprisal”, p.37, Del Rey

“Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by nature, is a prime conservative force.”

Source : Ferdinand de Saussure, Wade Baskin (2011). “Course in General Linguistics”, p.74, Columbia University Press