Seth Godin Quotes

Initiative is the privilege of picking yourself.

Seth Godin

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• For me, I don't participate in the filming when I represent a reality show star in a case, because that would mean waiving my right to attorney – client privilege, and that would hamper my ability to mount an effective case.

  

  Laura Wasser
  • Ability
  • Privilege
  • Case

• The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.

  

  Zhang Zhidong
  • Example
  • Privilege
  • Russia

• Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.

  

  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • May
  • Greatest
  • Privilege

• I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.

  

  L. Neil Smith
  • You
  • Government
  • Privilege

• None of us is designed for the role we must assume in a revolutionary society, although Cubans had the privilege of Jose Marti's example.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Society
  • Example
  • Privilege

• For me, being part of the WTA tour is a privilege. Every day I wake up, it's a privilege to be able to go outside and do what I love. It's a privilege to be able to make my own hours, even though they're long, but I make them.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Love
  • Being
  • Privilege

• Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting, because all of those things are part of aggression. She will not take the initiative; she simply waits - and she can wait infinitely.

  

  Rajneesh
  • Woman
  • Body
  • Psychology

• I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Love
  • Audience
  • Privilege

• I am afraid of privilege, of ease, of entitlement.

  

  Tan Le
  • Afraid
  • Privilege
  • Ease

• Initiative is as essential to success as a hub is essential to a wagon wheel.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Success
  • Initiative
  • Wheel

• No one could become an efficient leader or take the initiative in any great undertaking without belief in himself.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Great
  • Leader
  • Belief

• Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • People
  • Start
  • Initiative

• Representing Australia has always been a honour and a privilege, and the older and more experienced I get, the more I enjoy it.

  

  Cadel Evans
  • Sports
  • Privilege
  • Australia

• Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.

  

  Robert Frost
  • Country
  • Originality
  • Initiative

• I ought to have seized the initiative in 1938 instead of allowing myself to be forced into war in 1939; for war was, in any case, unavoidable. However, you can hardly blame me if the British and the French accepted at Munich every demand I made of them! (14th February 1945)

  

  Adolf Hitler
  • War
  • Blame
  • British

• I had the privilege of having two sets of loving grandparents.

  

  Willard Scott
  • Two
  • Privilege
  • Grandparent

• Don't forget that we lawyers, we're a higher breed of intellect, and so it's our privilege to lie. It's as clear as day. Animals can't even imagine lying: if you were to find yourself among some wild islanders, they too would only speak the truth until they learned about European culture.

  

  Yevgeny Zamyatin
  • Lie
  • Intellect
  • Privilege

• It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head.

  

  Bono U2
  • Privilege
  • Studio
  • Servants

• Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

  

  Shirley Chisholm
  • Health
  • Privilege

• Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom to choose based on principles and values rather than on moods or condition. Proactive people are agents of change and choose not to be victims, to be reactive, or to blame others.

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Mood
  • Responsible
  • Blame

• History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • People
  • Good
  • Trying

• Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

  

  Ed Koch
  • People
  • Art
  • Poetry

• I really enjoyed working with New Zealanders as crew members, as teammates. They're great, and it's a beautiful country. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, and I've traveled quite a bit.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Great
  • Country
  • Beautiful

• Initiative is the privilege of picking yourself.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Privilege
  • Initiative