Quotes About Engagement

One can swiftly understand that for most moments of our lives, we have forgotten almost all of the world around us, except for what currently claims our interest.

Bee. Nothing happens to you. You happen to everything.

Half the evil in this world occurs while decent people stand by and do nothing wrong. It's not enough to refrain from evil, Trell. People have to attempt to do right, even if they believe they cannot succeed.

Ah, Fitz, you should know by now that every moment of my life is spent dancing. And with every partner, I tread a different measure.

Are you listening, Buckman? For that is your role in this conversation. You listen.' I

There isn't much in a man's head that can't be cured by working and taking care of something else

Not being able to think of a reply is not the same thing as accepting another's words.

You know what I think? I think that if a young woman doesn't engage in the act of occasionally wishing on a star or a flower or a birthday cake full of candles, then we're forfeiting one of the sweetest whimsies of our youth.

I Chose to be an active participant in my life rather than a spectator.

Churches are political even when they refuse to act politically, because silence is a form of complicity and thus an endorsement of the status quo.

Resolve to talk more and be entertained less.

The listeners reciprocate the gift of the speaker's words with their attention

You don't show your love and care by putting what you love behind a fence. You have to be involved.

You have to concentrate; you have to give yourself to the listening. It takes effort, especially in a time when we are accustomed to sound bites and immediate gratification.

Tom. Tom, look at me. Has Nora agreed to marry you?" "No, but she will because she has to.

I have no intention of being reckless," she said. "I just don't want to waste away in a lab or library while life goes on around me.

You had to see Catherine six years ago, when they first met. A little too thin, hollow-eyed, in a threadbare dress. She was not only beautiful, she was tragic , a regular damsel in distress. She told Jimmy he was the only chance at happiness she'd ever had, and Jimmy ate it up, hook, line and sinker. In a matter of months they were engaged, then married. Catherine Gagnon came, she saw, and she conquered.

In this day and age, we all talk too much and hear too little. Listening has become a forgotten art that the world is sorely missing

Regan Pescoli, will you marry me?" "I can't wait," she whispered, her heart soaring as the weight of the decision lifted, all of her doubts scattering to the four winds. "And, let me tell you this, Santana. I'm serious about this, okay? This time it's forever. So don't even think about backing out of the marriage. Otherwise I might just have to shoot you.

In for a penny, in for a pound

You shouldn't walk away from something that intrigues you

Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening?

If I stopped talking after I made my point, I'd never say anything.

Hannah was out of earshot, then turned to Caitlin.