Quotes About Engagement

He had a habit also, when being spoken to, no matter how earnestly, of turning very slowly on his heel and limping a little way away, head bowed, and then stopping to stand with his back turned and hands clasped behind him, so that one could not be sure that he was still listening to what one was saying, or had sunk into altogether more profound communings with himself.

Am I boring you? I don't really care, I suppose, but I'll be more comfortable if I knew all this interested you. No doubt when I get the hang of storytelling, after a chapter or two, I'll go faster and digress less often.

Should I not partake of anything the world consumes? If so, how can I live and function in this world?

He tells a story, and that's what I like. Does this fella tell a story? He doesn't spend twenty pages describing the colour of the sky?' 'He hasn't so far.' 'Good. Jeffrey Archer never talks about the colour of the sky and I like that in a writer. I'd say Jeffrey Archer has never even looked up at the sky his entire life.' 'Especially now that he's in prison,' I suggested.

When you sit down with a book, you are separating yourself out of your world for a few hours and getting lost in the story.

I sat down again, wishing I had never been brought here. It was as if I had walked onstage into the middle of a dramatic play, where the other characters are already engaged in a battle that has been going on for some years but which only now, upon my arrival, is allowed to reach a climax.

I always wondered what democracy might smell like.

In the same week he would harass an Under-Secretary about horses from the Army, write voluminously to the press about a gun he had invented for potting aeroplanes, give a fancy-dress ball which he forgot to attend, and get in the semi-final of the racquets championship.

He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.

Life is now in session. Are you present?

People dont care what you know until they know what you care

You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion.... The heart comes before the head.

Good leaders motivate others by their listening skills. We are to: avoid prejudicial first impressions; become less self-centered; withhold initial criticism; stay calm; listen with empathy; be active listeners; clarify what we hear; and recognize the healing power of listening. Then we are to act on what we hear

When people follow a leader because they have to, they will do only what they have to. People don't give their best to leaders they like least. They give reluctant compliance, not commitment. They may give their hands but certainly not their heads or hearts.

Tone, inflection, timing, volume, pacing—everything you do with your voice communicates something and has the potential to help you connect to or disconnect from others when you speak.

Asking and hearing people's opinions has a greater effect on them than telling them, 'Good job.' " —Sam Walton

Effective teams have teammates who are constantly talking to one another.

Connectors create an experience everyone enjoys.

Leadership is getting people to work for you when they are not obligated." —Fred W. Smith

people with charisma possess an outward focus instead of an inward one. They pay attention to other people, and they desire to add value to them.

be sure your communication goes beyond words. How can you do that? By connecting on four levels: visually, intellectually, emotionally, and verbally.

The highest compliment you can give someone is to ask them their opinion.

NO NOTES. This was truly an oral event. Storytellers didn't read their stories; they told them, which allowed for eye contact.

When we're more interested in telling people what to do than in listening to what they are presently doing, we are off balance.