Initiate Quotes

“There are endings. There are beginnings. Sometimes they coincide, with the ending of one thing marking the beginning of another. But sometimes there is simply a long space after an ending, a time when it seems everything else has ended and nothing else can ever begin.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Assassin

“You were saved not by work, but for work. Do it till all is done. By your Inventions, Innovations, Initiatives, Improvements, Involvements, Imaginations, Information, Interventions and Inspirations... Go the extra mile and dare to do it.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“What should be standing in the shoes of passion, and be walking on the plans of action is sitting in the ink on the papper. Why? Because of the fear to start.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“I need to be fun and likeable, I thought. A fun person would send a thank-you email.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“Your initiatives should be purposeful. Never climb a tree with the purpose of plucking a fruit, only to come down with a leaf.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Shaping the dream

“You are not here to duplicate and replicate. You are here to initiate.”
― Alan Cohen

“An ‘Initiate’ is someone who has ‘crossed the boundary (or threshold).’ The greatest Initiates have crossed the boundary of death and have returned — they have been called the twice born, the born again, or those born from above. These Initiates are often referred to as the Enlightened. However, the spiritual voyage consists of many steps, and thus in reality there are many initiations that the seeker experiences on the path to knowing the Divine. Each initiation is the badge of having overcome some challenge or barrier.”
― Laurence Galian, Alien Parasites: 40 Gnostic Truths to Defeat the Archon Invasion!

“The Initiate is the spiritual son of Krishna, or rather of Vishnu, of whom Krishna is the main avatar. The world INRI is a modification of development of the Word of Krishna, AUM, a formula of major antiquity.”
― Laurence Galian, 666: Connection with Crowley

“As we know, bears hibernate in caves. They appear almost lifeless. This is an analog to the practices of ancient shamans, and to Sufis who practice the forty-day halvet (retreat), in which the Shaman would enter a cave, have an experience of dying, explore the spiritual realms, and then is reborn as the Initiate or Master (just as the bear is reborn each spring as it “wakes up” and leaves its cave).”
― Laurence Galian, The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

“The master initiate of any craft appears magical to the uninitiated.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“The main factors that sponsor the abuse of time include procrastination and excuses. Procrastination makes you to shift a task that you can do now into the unseen future; excuses are the reasons why you shift that task.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Dream big!: See your bigger picture!

“Develop the habit of initiating change. You'll be better prepared for whatever comes your way.”
― Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

“Be the initiator of things you wish to see, but can’t see. Be the originator of things you wish you feel but can’t feel.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

“Don’t start, initiate, or take on unnecessary battles. Some things can be walked over, prayed about or ignored.”
― Brenda Diann Johnson

“If I say; I do not initiate; it is an initiate. Just take such a chance to carry on, as your life compact.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“These are the times when our faith is not just an idea or a concept that we throw around. It's something that has to actually be lived out. We must rise to what we say we believe. And when we do, God rises with us. He walks alongside us. The exercise of our faith never comes back empty.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Steps to responsible financing: initiate, innovate, and inspire.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, Responsible Financing