Quotes About Participation

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

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.

God's work does not begin when we show up; it is already well underway. A big part of our job is to slow down and observe where He is already at work and join Him there.12

Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves.

I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. And I do think that theatre can contribute to a certain analysis and commentary on our own world.

Turn off the AM Radio and get invited to your own life.

We are forced to participate in the games of life before we can possibly learn how to use the options in the rules governing them.

The school must be "a genuine form of active community life, instead of a place set apart in which to learn lessons".

I'm doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'. It was a book I read when I was younger, and it just changed my life, and I just wanted to be a part of it.

Dont be a life spectator.. take the plunge.

They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it.

No politician is perfect. But in every election in your life, there will be one choice that is better than the others. Go out and vote for that one.

There are no bystanders in this life.

Do you always think this much? It's just that sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.

If watching is all you're going to do, then you're going to watch your life go by without you.

Commit a little bit more to the world outside of your own life. Get people talking.

I like to find things in real life that let me get involved. Or if you need a break, go hang out with your family.

The best way to waste your life, is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate.

Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects that interest me and there freedom of speech comes into it.

Somewhere there's a score being kept, so you have an obligation to live life as well as you can, be as engaged as you can.

You know what, it's not your life, it's life. Life is bigger than you, if you can imagine that. Life isn't something that you possess, it's something that you take part in and witness.

There's so much spectating going on that a lot of us never get around to living.

I have never voted in my life.

People are either driven to action or complacency, mission or rust. You're either participating in the Game of Life or you're watching it from the grandstands.