Quotes About Engagement

Our journey is about being more deeply involved in life, and yet less attached to it.

Democracy means far more than the right to vote every five years. It means the right to participate in every aspect of national and community life. The people must believe that they can take part.

I want to live my life, not record it.

What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing

As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind.

Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.

Follow-up is personal. It must be done by someONE; not by someTHING. For it to be effective we must set the pace. We can't permanently sell something we don't make time to get into our lives.

If you learn to respond as if it's the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.

Life is not a dress rehearsal - wake up every day excited to live out your purpose.

Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.

Life is in the here and now. Either we meet it, we live it-or we miss it.

Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.

To be Christian is to be obliged to engage the world, pursuing God's restorative purposes over all of life.

Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.

Less and less is life animated through personal discovery, intimacy with others, or self-reflection. While life has become more manageable for many people, it has become commensurately less engaged.

There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.

The world is filled with interesting things to do. Don't lead a dull life in such a thrilling world.

I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.

We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.

My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely.

The most important thing in my life, its leitmotif, has been the constant and close contacts with working people, with workers and peasants.

The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.