Jenny Shipley Quotes

We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait.

I'm just becoming more and more aware of this truly profound responsibility that we carry as individuals. And it's a responsibility not only to ourselves and to our families, but to the billions of people who still have to come in the future who will be dealing with our legacy.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.

We need leadership, and we need it now.

We are responsible for the history of the future.

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

Unlike in Washington, Virginia's leaders don't run from serious problems. We tackle them.

If not us, who? And if not now, when?

Politicians can be cheered for the promises they make. Our country will be judged by the promises we keep.

Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.

As candidates and elected officials, we have an obligation to be honest.

When you lead, you have to lead from the front.

You knew where you stood with Sir Alex Ferguson.

A good decision executed quickly is better than a great one never executed.

We've got to stop pandering and start leading.

If you've got something you want to do, do it right now.

What is the future going to say about us now? What are our kids going to look at us and say, 'How could you not stop that person from getting into power? How could you not stop that environmental disaster that you saw coming a mile away?'

All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.

Challenges are something that can only be tackled in the present moment and require action.

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now.

That very aggressive, unapologetic leadership style is needed in Washington, D.C., and I'm not afraid to tackle big issues.

There's no doubt in my mind that Ronald Reagan was by far the greatest. Because he had real principles and he stuck by them. He made clear what he was going to do, and he did it. He didn't back down.

You have to act and act now.