Quotes About Involvement

I may not be as visible as I used to be, and by that I mean being in the clubhouse or on the field. But I'm just as invested as I've always been.

One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really do get involved, and they do create, and they do have their own visions of what different characters look like and what should happen. It's great - it means their brains are working.

This work was throwing me into the intimate functioning of people's lives.

Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.

The story is never just about you and me; it's always about God's glory and his work on planet Earth. We need to grasp this: it's not all about me and my issues and my deliverance. It's about God's purposes in the world. He needs to get me involved in his plan because I'm connected to a bunch of other people and their involvement with his plan.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

Be a dad. Don't be "Mom's Assistant".... Be a man.... Fathers have skills that they never use at home. You run a landscaping business and you can't dress and feed a four-year-old? Take it on. Spend time with your kids.... It won't take away your manhood, it will give it to you.

To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

Quote from Louise Penny a Canadian author. Wrote "How The Light Gets In" from an interview. "Having started as a voracious reader (and I still am), I know that reading is as creative as writing. The writer suggests, creates a character, a setting, an atmosphere. But it's the reader who brings it alive. Walks with the characters, sees the world, smells the wood smoke, tastes the café au lait and feels the biting cold on the tender cheek

In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our choir teacher would ask me what songs we should do.

Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster.

He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own destiny.

It struck her that dispensing justice was really more about being present and engaged than anything else—unlike

Sunnie. Sometimes you got to think about whether you want someone to be a piece of fabric that fits into your life or not. As you sew the strips in, they become a part of what you do, how you think, how you end up. Good or bad, that's something you can never rip out and remake.

weight. "I'm in," she called back to Reid.

you want to be a leader, lead and be visible. Don't hide in your office; walk the floors and talk to your staff.

Draw closer to your spouse. Ask them questions. Open up to them. Involve them in every decision you make to make them your best friend.

Many are the children who have become the company of wrong friends because their parents had no time to build friendships with them.

The bottom line is that indifference is really a form of selfishness.

The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate." Influence is an invitation anyone can make to another person.

Connecting always requires energy.

What can I say to get others involved around the table? How can I draw them in?

Most people want to feel a part of the experience

My pet, the world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business