Quotes About Engagement

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You cannot transform the society of people if the people are not part of the change.

Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as stakeholders in the well being of society as well.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

Only the person who does not evade conflict and directs his efforts in keeping with the course of society's development can be an effective leader.

We will not let governments off the hook. We will look to civil society to help us, to pin governments, to what they have committed to here. And we will report on it.

Lasting solutions to many social problems will be found only as we each learn to say, 'I am society'.

The best school in the world will scarcely save a boy who hates the school and the purpose it serves and the society that created it.

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.

The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

The want of occupation is no less the plague of society than of solitude.

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.

In a collective society, everybody's business is everybody's business.

The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society.

A genuinely political society, in which discussion and debate are an essential technique, is a society full of risks.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

As citizens of a free society, we have a duty to look critically at our world. But if we think we know what is wrong, we must act upon that knowledge.

I think the classical music is on a dangerous downward slope, because it's not seeking strong enough resonance with its society.

The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society.

We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves.