Quotes About Engagement

We have the means of evangelizing our country, but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches.

Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death.

We have to assess: Are we making disciples along the way as we draw people to our churches?

Christians and non-Christians have something in common. Were both uptight about evangelism.

It is not the business of religion in these days to isolate herself from the world like John the Baptist. She must go down into the world like Jesus Christ.

The one thing I like about the religion is, I'm never at a loss to do something. No matter what happens in my life, there is something for me to do so I don't feel as though I have lost control.

What I want is, not to possess religion, but to have a religion that shall possess me.

Any religion has to have a practice. When you let it go so far from practice that it just becomes a matter of talk something bad happens.

I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No—when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

The church exists for the sake of those outside it.

Life has a practice of living you if you don't live it.

Many families think of church as if it was a convention - they send one delegate.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.

Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it.

Respect all the reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them.

The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their ideas and are willing to hear them.

Nothing creates more self-respect among employees than being included in the process of making decisions.

Strategically important points should be overprotected. If the pieces are so engaged, they get their regard in the fact that they will then find themselves well posted in every respect.

Marking a book is literally an experience of your differences or agreements with the author. It is the highest respect you can pay him.

In general, I think audiences are a lot smarter than people think. So, it's not "know your audience", it's "respect your audience, and really know your content".

I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.

One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.