Quotes About Participation

And so there is the Territory of self-righteousness. It is easy to assume that we do not participate in what we are not in the presence of. But if we are members of a society, we participate, willy-nilly, in its evils.

The sidelines may be safer but life is played on the field

a creature cloistered now by deliberate choice and still in the throes of enforced apprenticeship to, rather than voluntary or even acquiescent participation in, breathing

We have lots of assemblies. Everybody enjoys speaking and being together. We decide things. But they don't get done.

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Most PowerPoints aren't creating a lot of emotion. We decided to flip this on its head. Let's have people do something active and immersive. That's going to generate more of an emotional response so they will feel something. And then they can think about what they've learned.

The simple act of committing to an answer makes the students more engaged and more curious about the outcome.

There's no such thing as a passive audience.

Sometimes we say we want an end to hate or racism or sexism. But we all participate in keeping these structures alive. If everyone decided to relinquish the past what would happen to people who feel that there hasn't been proper atonement made to them? And what happens to the person who feels that the constant atonement is their identity?

Never underestimate the power of a million amateurs with keys to the factory.

The band responded by handing their instruments over to some fans during the encores, and leaving the stage. 'That was the ultimate,' Paul told Q. 'People pay to come in and see us – and end up playing the bloody songs themselves.

Studies show that the number-one factor for engagement among non-management employees is their perception that they are heard at work.

YOU GONNA STAND THERE WITH YOUR BUTT ON THE BACK OF YOUR BODY OR ARE YOU GONNA GET IN ON THIS, BEEF?

If people are engaged, eventually the political system responds, despite the money, despite the lobbyists, it still responds. ~ President Obama

A good thought is indeed a great boon, for which God is to be first thanked; next he who is the first to utter it, and then, in a lesser, but still in a considerable degree, the friend who is the first to quote it to us. Whoever adopts and circulates a just thought, participates in the merit that originated it.

Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.

Research has found that student participation drops more as class size increases (Kenney & Banerjee, 2011).

Es gibt ein Mittel gegen die Einsamkeit, die einen plötzlich in einer fremden Stadt überfällt: etwas kaufen: eine Ansichtskarte, einen Kaugummi nur, einen Bleistift oder Zigaretten: etwas in die Hand bekommen, teilnehmen am Leben dieser Stadt, indem man etwas kauft [...]

being a part of a club helps you to be an active person, involved in community life and with a sense of responsibility for the collective. This is important for developing a society of trust.

There is no closed figure in nature. Every shape participates with another. No one thing is independent of another, and one thing rhymes with another, and light gives them shape.

Assim, a integração e a participação são a obsessão dos não-participantes, daqueles que sobrevivem entre os fragmentos da sociedade possível e das ruínas do passado: excluídos da cidade, às portas do urbano […]

Democratic ideas cannot exist without the public spheres that make them possible.

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.