Quotes About Engagement

if we open ourselves then we can become a part of the game instead of its victims.

If a man is not party to a fight then he cannot be party to the settlement afterward.

I decided to start a war, father, I said, cheerfully, it's so much more interesting than peace.

I don't want to be good; and I don't want to be bad: I just don't want to be bothered about either good or bad: I want to be an active verb.

Jonathan nu prea È™tia s? dialogheze. Considera c? discuÈ›ia era f?cut? pentru a servi ca vas comunicant. Exist? unul care È™tie ceva, vasul plin, È™i unul care nu È™tie, vasul gol, acesta fiind de obicei chiar el. Cel care nu È™tie e numai urechi È™i aÈ›â?? din când în când râvna interlocutorului prin "?i?", "vorbeÈ™te-mi de asta" È™i miÈ™c?ri din cap.

Doing history means building bridges between the past and the present, observing both banks of the river, taking an active part on both sides.

Ne ispada li, onda, da je egzistencijalni umor rezultat premalog, a ne prevelikog angažovanja? Postajemo li umorni usled toga što olakšavamo sebi situaciju, a ne stoga što je otežavamo?

Geschichte treiben heißt Brücken zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart schlagen und beide Ufer beobachten und an beiden tätig werden.

It is quite impossible to guess in advance what will interest a man, but most men are capable of a keen interest in something or other, and when once such an interest has been aroused their life becomes free from tedium.

A todos los jóvenes con talento que van por ahí convencidos de que no tienen nada que hacer en el mundo, yo les diría: «Deja de intentar escribir y en cambio intenta no escribir. Sal al mundo, hazte pirata, rey en Borneo u obrero en la Rusia soviética; búscate una existencia en que la satisfacción de necesidades físicas elementales ocupe todas tus energías».

To all the talented young men who wander about feeling that there is nothing in the world for them to do, I should say: "Give up trying to write, and, instead, try not to write. Go out into the world; become a pirate, a king in Borneo, a laborer in Soviet Russia; give yourself an existence in which the satisfaction of elementary physical needs will occupy almost all your energies.

It is in the moments when the mind is most active and the fewest things are forgotten that the most intense joys are experienced.

The happy man is the man who lives objectively, who has free affections and wide interests, who secures his happiness through these interests and affections and through the fact that they, in turn, make him an object of interest and affections to many others.

it is difficult to throw oneself into other people's petty concerns when one's own are very absorbing and interesting.

Because showing requires going. It assumes presence. Accompaniment. I can send you somewhere and not go with you, but how can I show you something without being present?

Authentic biblical stands are important, but we need to see our nouns of belief become present-active-participle verbs of believing.

Guys, don't follow Elkanah's example. Get involved at home. If God has given you a wife, put the effort into understanding her. Is it an impossible task? Most assuredly. But sometimes the challenging jobs are the most rewarding. Wives need men who engage and participate, not abdicate as parent and spouse. For too many husbands the lights are on, but nobody is home.

We were already getting along poorly enough that I figured we'd marry.

In order for Republicans... to grow its ranks, it must reflect America.

I have a long, long record of working with Democrats and Republicans alike.

I will continue to work with Republicans and Democrats alike to ensure U.S. Military communities around the globe are not left behind.

It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to talk about music, it's all marketing, and that's part of a record, you gotta get it out there, people have gotta hear it, but you could do it in a way that's not repulsive.

I never had that reputation of being not accessible.

I grew a reputation for always asking questions and being nosy.