Quotes About Participation

Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate.

God has invited us, as mere human beings, to add to the beauty of his plan and creation

The voice of the people may be said to be God's voice, the voice of the Panchayat.

What makes a church great in the eyes of God? Participation, proclamation, preservation, and propagation. Every church ought to exhibit all four.

To be creative is to worship. To be creative is to participate in the great process of creation - and participating in creativity is participating in God.

For me, because I've had classical theater training, when people say, "Oh, my god, the play is amazing!," I'll never get to see it because I'm in it.

Every Christian has unique opportunities to engage the most pressing social issues of our day by praying, proclaiming the gospel, and participating with God in all that he is doing in the world.

Don't be a spectator in the kingdom of God, find something that you can do, at-least even going to church is one of them

God created everyone uniquely and for a purpose, and not to be on this earth as a passive spectator

It is a greater thing to be a good citizen than to be a good Republican or a good Democrat.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

If you see a good fight, get in it.

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

If you see a good fight, get in it and fight to win it!

Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.

I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.

Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

It may not happen in my lifetime, but if I can play a part in moving things along, then I feel I've done a good job.

I would not be interested in writing if I didn't feel that what I wrote was an act of good citizenship or an attempt, at any rate, to be a good citizen.

It is not good enough to say, "Well, hey, I vote every two years. I vote every four years." That's fine, but that is not good enough.

We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American citizen in a global context means to us.