Quotes About Participation

I can't watch someone cook without helping. It's a genetic abnormality.

Every time we eat, we participate in farming.

You stand on the sidelines of life wishing you were a participant. You don't know how to initiate a relationship, a conversation, an activity. You are withdrawn and would rather bear the pangs of being alone than risk interaction. You are not spontaneous. You allow yourself very little excitement or fun.

I always wondered what democracy might smell like.

Life is now in session. Are you present?

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?

Teams always reflect their leaders. And never forget that good communication is never one-way. It should not be top-down or dictatorial. The best leaders listen, invite, and then encourage participation.

Most people want to feel a part of the experience

The usual trouble with volunteers is not killing them with overwork, but simply boring them to death.

True interactivity is not about clicking on icons or downloading files, it's about encouraging communication.

Everyone has to contribute, or they become laborers.

The worst thing you can do to anybody trying to be creative is to demand participation in their vision.

The desire for beauty, the hunger for union, the passion to be part of something greater than self, all arise out of our bent to worship.

We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.

Once you feel the desire to engage, think about what you're good at and what you can contribute. It's about breaking down the idea that there are activists and ordinary people.

I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.

Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process.

Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education.

Education in a deepest sense has always been about doing rather than about knowing.