Quotes About Engagement

TRY: Asking yourself in this moment, "Am I awake?," "Where is my mind right now?

There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hand.

you be aware of this as you practice?

The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at unextraordinary times, to be of the present, nothing-but-the-present, to bear this mindfulness of now into each event of ordinary life. PETER MATTHIESSEN, The Snow Leopard

In this regard, cultivating mindfulness is not unlike the process of eating. It would be absurd to propose that someone else eat for you. And when you go to a restaurant, you don't eat the menu, mistaking it for the meal, nor are you nourished by listening to the waiter describe the food. You have to actually eat the food for it to nourish you. In the same way, you have to actually practice mindfulness in order to reap its benefits and come to understand why it is so valuable.

The best way to capture moments is to pay attention.

It involves intentionally doing only one thing at a time and making sure I am here for it.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts…. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face?

If the Christian life seems boring, I suggest you may be DOING IT WRONG!

Little by little, bit by bit, family by family, so much good can be done on so many levels

For me, it's all about who you are. Some athletes may feel a responsibility. Some may not. One thing I've talked with my family and team about is doing more. Trying to make an impact.

Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.

The first thing my family did when we moved was join the local church. The second was to go to the library and get library cards.

I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today.

Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members of his household.

Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.

The fans and supporters are also part of the Olympic family.

If we're sitting at dinner and there's no conversation going on because everybody's got their head someplace else in their iPhone, that's a family problem that needs to be solved.

We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily touch with family members who live in other cities, but also as a way to keep in touch with staff and members of the public.

The television set's on while the family's sitting around having dinner or talking. Nobody's watching TV; it's there; they're aware of it, but they're not participating. That's passive.

In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations.

Our classes were relatively small. Those small classes can feel like family. After a class in French or chemistry or whatever, we'd be talking in the halls about what we just learned.

My wife and I got engaged in New Hampshire at this lake house that her family's had forever, and it's on Lake Winnipesaukee. And so we went there every summer as we were dating.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.