Quotes About Engagement

Nothing could be more impossible than to answer such a question, though nothing could be more agreeable than to have it asked. "How

What do you think of books? said he, smiling.

Mr. Richard Harvey is going to be married; but as it is a great secret, and only known to half the neighborhood, you must not mention it. The lady's name is Musgrave.

Reconozco que no tengo la habilidad que otros poseen de conversar fácilmente con las personas que jámas han visto. No puedo fingir que me intereso por sus cosas como se acostumbra.

Así, de manera sosegada, sin gran interés por ninguna de las partes, siguieron hablando, ambos desalentados y con la cabeza puesta en otras cosas.

If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite at leisure.

Those who chose to be idle, certainly might.

My idea of good company, Mr. Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

No puedo hacerme a esas conversaciones y fingir que me intereso por sus cosas como se acostumbra.

There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow.

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.

No me supone ningún sacrificio aceptar ocasionalmente compromisos para la noche. Todos nos debemos a la sociedad, y confieso que soy de los que consideran que los intervalos de recreo y esparcimiento son recomendables para todo el mundo - Mary

We tend to think that if a student is using a computer as part of an activity, then it's automatically a good activity. After all, they're using technology! But when we look at the results of that time spent at the computer, we really should be asking ourselves, how did this use of technology improve student learning?

Research shows that the average elementary teacher may ask as many as 348 questions a day (Sadker & Sadker, 1982), whereas the students may not ask any.

like our intellect, social media in itself is neither good nor bad—it is the use to which we put it that counts.

Hope is often misunderstood. People tend to think that it is simply passive wishful thinking: I hope something will happen but I'm not going to do anything about it. This is indeed the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement

Just tell people stories, try and find out who they are, try and find something that links you with them.

How do we get people to heed the dire warnings of the people on the ground who have been fighting this danger for so long? How do we get them to take action?

No puede pasar un día sin una repercusión tuya en el mundo que te rodea. Tus acciones marcan una diferencia y tú decides que tipo de diferencia quieres marcar.

because they're learning and listening while they play.

Men haven't changed: they love the thrill of the chase, and if you hand yourself over on a plate they'll lose interest.

Second, there must be eyes upon the street, eyes belonging to those we might call the natural proprietors of the street. The buildings on a street equipped to handle strangers and to insure the safety of both residents and strangers, must be oriented to the street. They cannot turn their backs or blank sides on it and leave it blind.

The safety of the street works best, most casually, and with least frequent taint of hostility or suspicion precisely where people are using and most enjoying the city streets voluntarily and are least conscious, normally, that they are policing.

Email messages Friday night between Nancy and Lionel Lionel: What time is the game? What's the name