Quotes About Engagement

I would want it to be learned that basically to do something. Hiding or sitting back is not going to accomplish anything. And the gunman would have been successful if my friend Spencer had not gotten up. I just want that lesson to be learned going forward. In times of terror like that, to please do something, don't just stand by and watch.

first responders are usually not the law-enforcement officers or the paramedics that follow them, but the ordinary citizens who happen to be on the scene at the time

The band responded by handing their instruments over to some fans during the encores, and leaving the stage. 'That was the ultimate,' Paul told Q. 'People pay to come in and see us – and end up playing the bloody songs themselves.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can."7

You're not asking for input. You are asking your admirer's to prove they are paying attention.

Look, do you believe in the institution of marriage?" "Of course." "And you accept that such beautiful lightning cannot strike you twice?" "Well yes, I suppose—" "Then shouldn't you get a ring on her as soon as possible?

I want to be a journalist again. I want to make a difference in the world.

What is the good of influence if one can only use it on strangers?

Losing yourself in a book is the best

You can interact with a refrigerator: open the door and the light inside turns on. Close the door and the little light goes off. But how many people do you see standing in front of their refrigerators, opening and closing the doors, laughing?

Hey, cowboy, what's happening?

You put yourself out there in the truest way you can and hope others do the same. You'll connect or you won't, but you did what you could.

Studies show that the number-one factor for engagement among non-management employees is their perception that they are heard at work.

and presence

Everybody wants to be the man at the top. Not me. I'm happy in the middle. That's where the crowd is. And where there's a crowd, there's usually a party.

Because if something is fun, more of it gets done!" -Luigi Lemoncello

when Sierra Russell was into a book, she was totally into it. She practically crawled between the covers to live with the characters.

Tonight, we light the symbolic flashlight of under-the-covers reading to celebrate those page-turners we can never put down, even on a school night. I am assured that our Olympic torch will never reach a temperature of Fahrenheit four fifty-one, something the Lorax, the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe were all quite happy to hear.

Bring me your best and brightest bookworms, research hounds, and gamers.

You're entertaining people whether they like you or hate you. You're entertaining their hatred. And if they like you, you're entertaining their love.

You can have the best technology in the world, but if you don't have a community who wants to use it and who are excited about it, then it has no purpose.

He'd heard communication described as two monologues clashing, with each person waiting for their turn to speak instead of actively listening.

Everyone is a leader, and everyone is leading all the time-sometimes in immediate, dramatic, and obvious ways, more often in subtle, hard-to-measure ways, but leading nonetheless.

Long before love is a corporate virtue that improves team performance, it is a personal leadership stance. The love-driven leader possesses the vision to see and engage others as they are, not through the cultural filters, prejudices, or narrow-mindedness that diminishes them.