Quotes About Participation

Tož demokracii bychom už m?li, te? ješt? n?jaké ty demokraty.

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation." ? Toni Cade Bambara, born #OTD in 1939

As with public hospitals, better public schools are likely to emerge when local teachers and parents have more say over how their schools are run. It's especially important to give parents a direct say in the running of schools rather than just an advisory role. Even

Perhaps I could put this to you too: that it is not only the decision that matters, I mean democracy is about how you do things, not just what the outcome is.

Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.

Nei, ingenting av dette var dårlige planer, synes jeg, og jeg merket at jeg virkelig klarte å beholde den lette stemningen dagen hadde sartet med, at jeg ikke falt ned i et av de hullene jeg med jevne mellomrom synker ned i, i disse hullene i livet som stadig vekk åpner seg der hvor jeg er og som gjør at jeg ikke klarer å være til stede i gleden som hele tiden ligger foran oss alle mennesker og ber oss om å delta i seg.

Nei, ingenting av dette var dårlige planer, synes jeg, og jeg merket at jeg virkelig klarte å beholde den lette stemningen dagen hadde startet med, at jeg ikke falt ned i et av de hullene jeg med jevne mellomrom synker ned i, i disse hullene i livet som stadig vekk åpner seg der hvor jeg er og som gjør at jeg ikke klarer å være til stede i gleden som hele tiden ligger foran oss alle mennesker og ber oss om å delta i seg.

Worship in many churches is a spectator sport. If we listen to the commands of the psalmist, our worship will radically change.

And yet, in certain ways, the Institute did remind them of other schools: Rote memorization of lessons was discouraged but required; class participation was encouraged but rarely permitted; and although quizzes were given every day, in every class, there was always at least one student who groaned, another who acted surprised, and another who begged the teacher, in vain, not to give it.

And yet, in certain ways, the Institute did remind them of other schools: Rote memorization of lessons was discouraged but required; class participation was encouraged but rarely permitted;

How many of you would rather go to a meeting than a movie?" No hands went up. "Why not?" After a pause, Jeff realized that her question was not a rhetorical one. "Because movies are more interesting. Even the bad ones." His peers chuckled. Kathryn smiled. "Right. But if you really think about it, meetings should be at least as interesting as movies.

Most people are generally reasonable and can rally around an idea that wasn't their own as long as they know they've had a chance to weigh in.

Meetings are boring because they lack drama. Or conflict. This is a shame because most meetings have plenty of potential for drama, which is essential for keeping human beings engaged.

they need to weigh in before they can really buy in.

Let me assure you that from now on, every staff meeting we have will be loaded with conflict. And they won't be boring. And if there is nothing worth debating, then we won't have a meeting." The

I attended one of the many Mexican weddings that weekend, as an uninvited, eavesdropping celebrant.

Fascinated to know more, I joined them at breakfast

If you accept such love with purity and humility, you will understand that Love is neither giving nor receiving -it is participating.

To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.

But other people also 'invite' us to behave like victims, when they complain about the unfairness of life, for example, and ask us to agree, to offer advice, to participate. Be careful. When you join in that game you always end up losing.

The more God asks us to participate in His mysteries, the more disoriented we become, because He asks us constantly to follow our dreams and our hearts. And that's difficult to do when we're used to living in a different way. Finally we discover, to our surprise, that God wants us to be happy, because He is the Father.

People everywhere do not concern themselves much beyond the common round of everyday, and this is the chief problem for a democratic government, whose success depends upon an informed and responsible citizenry.

Americans are citizens from the moment they are born, and not when they become twenty-one years of age. By then, if they have not performed the acts of a citizen in a democracy, it is too late. They remain irresponsible and therefore immature. From the first grade on, the child should be taught his duties as a citizen, and given his voice in municipal matters and then in state and nation.