Quotes About Engagement

I figure if you think too much about things, life sometimes just passes you by.

I know. I admit that. You're working with NSC now. And the FBI." "So?" "So how would you like to be part of a joint effort with NIC?" "I already have enough alphabet letters, thanks." "You

when people didn't treat you like you were human, there was no possibility of trust or engagement.

phone and answered

over, Brennan stared at them, his face

How did you get on to her?

next step?" she said. "We have made contact. We expect her to do the same

engagement with Walton?" asked Robie. Patti considered this for a moment. "I think he didn't want to stay here but she did. It was her home. But he apparently didn't think of it as his home anymore.

In short, if God-fearing citizens are not involved at the ballot box, God-fearing leaders will not be elected, God-honoring policies will not be enacted, and the respective city, state, or nation will not be blessed by God.

In the dialogue people should talk directly to one another, one to one, across the circle. Then the time would come, if we got to know each other a bit and could trust each other, when you could speak very directly to the whole group, or to anybody in it.

if there is listening through a "listener," then we are not listening.

if people are to cooperate (i.e., literally to "work together") they have to be able to create something in common, something that takes shape in their mutual discussions and actions, rather than something that is conveyed from one person who acts as an authority to the others, who act as passive instruments of this authority.

And if you aren't a dues paying member of a dozen NGOs, each fighting for a future you believe in, then take another look at the hypocrite in the mirror. That method is a lazy person's cheap route to bragging rights: "I'm at least doing something." Here's how.

I am going to speak some reckless words, and I want you to listen recklessly.

Now what?" Urgit warily asked his bride-to-be. "Am I disturbing your Majesty?" Prala asked. "…You always disturb me, my beloved," he answered her question, spreading his arms extravagantly.

Le guerre sono belle, ma tendono a interferire con faccende più importanti.

He could lose himself in a story, and for a little while it might make things bearable.

There are a surprising number who get their spiritual uplift week by week only from the comfort of their own living rooms or from their computers. They never go to church. Well, they "go" to church but do so in their own way.

Remember, a great tale isn't just about you.  Ultimately, the reader should close your book and feel that a connection has been made, to realize with wonder and delight that "This story is about me.

El 50 % de la rotación involuntaria en el trabajo se debe a conflictos no resueltos (Mediation Training Institute, s.f.).

To be, in a word, unborable.... It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish

I'd like to be the sort of person who can enjoy things at the time, instead of having to go back in my head and enjoy them.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the wall, during the first eight pages.