Quotes About Engagement

Right now, the machine keeps us totally busy. If you don't react against it, you'll end up letting yourself go and become the perfect consumer. That's what they want.

We don't create the world by our actions, our actions are part of the world.

las personas no tienen claro el objetivo, no están comprometidas con él, no saben qué tareas específicas les corresponden y no hay rendición de cuentas para supervisar que todos cumplan con sus responsabilidades.

I like to be busy and I like to have places to go in the morning, when I get up.

Keep smiling... it makes people wonder what you're up to.

Purpose is the primary fuel of ambition. Purpose creates a destination. We can only become fully engaged in life when we feel that we are doing something that really matters. Purpose is what inspires us, lights us up, and floats our boats. Washington Irving—the famous author, historian and essayist—said, "Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it.

The interesting person doesn't really listen to what you think or how you feel and can't wait to jump in and give his point of view. The interested person finds your opinion, though different from his, important and allows you to express it.

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

The boy whose father takes him swimming, the girl whose mother takes her to the theater, children whose parents do things with them - these are not skateboarders.

Lo que uno come y bebe, la persona a la que uno ama, las aficiones a las que dedica su tiempo libre, la gente con la que trata, si sonríe o tiene un aspecto siniestro, lo que lee y los cuadros que cuelga en la pared... en eso consiste la lucha política en Alemania. Éste es el campo sobre el que se deciden de antemano las batallas de la futura guerra mundial. Puede sonar grotesco, pero es así.

The public is often accused of being disconnected from its military, but frankly it's disconnected from just about everything. Farming, mineral extraction, gas and oil production, bulk cargo transport, logging, fishing, infrastructure construction—all the industries that keep the nation going are mostly unacknowledged by the people who depend on them most.

America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.

Las cosas desagradables de este mundo no pueden eliminarse con mirar sencillamente hacia otra parte.

Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.

La lectura es un juego secreto de aproximaciones y distancias. Es también una lotería.

The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.

Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.

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This is the whole point of the Heart Sutra. From moment to moment, when you are doing something, just do

Every maker of video games knows something that the makers of curriculum don't seem to understand. You'll never see a video game being advertised as being easy. Kids who do not like school will tell you it's not because it's too hard. It's because it's--boring

In a classical joke a child stays behind after school to ask a personal question. "Teacher, what did I learn today? " The surprised teacher asks, "Why do you ask that?" and the child replies, "Daddy always asks me and I never know what to say".

What we become a part of becomes a part of us.

The true saint goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single moment.

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