Quotes About Engagement

it was a pretty good insight into how unattractive science can get when you're playing at a certain level.

With his Gallic charm and chestful of medals, Nungesser proved irresistible to women and in the spring of 1923 after a whirlwind romance, he became engaged to a young New York socialite with the unimprovably glorious name of Consuelo Hatmaker.

At the end of the Constitutional Convention, a citizen asked Benjamin Franklin what kind of government our founders had given us. He replied, A republic, if you can keep it. That's a job no president can do alone. It's up to all of us to keep it. And to make the most of it.

Participation in our democracy seems to be driven by the instant-gratification worlds of Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, and the twenty-four-hour news cycle.

have any thoughts here?" She looks surprised that I'm asking. "You want to know what I'd do?" "Yes, Liz. You went to one of those

Foot forward, weight forward, stop and listen. Foot forward, weight forward, stop and listen.

You, my fellow Americans, have forced the spring. Now, we must do the work the season demands.

Communities flourish when a spirit of give-and-take characterizes discussions, decision making, and goal setting.

But I hope you'll spend more time and energy supporting whatever you're in favor of than opposing whatever you're against.

Whatever other resources you may have, you can always use your voice and your vote to effect change.

It may sound old-fashioned, but letters and phone calls to your elected officials can have a real impact.

The most empowering condition of all is when the entire organization is aligned with its mission, and people's passions and purpose are in synch with each other.

The longer a person attends church, the fewer evangelistic discussions they engage in with family members and friends. Fewer presentations of the life-changing plan of salvation are given, and fewer invitations to events that attractively present the message of Christ are offered, mostly because Christ-followers have fewer friends outside the faith to whom to offer them.

If you're attempting to do the work of evangelism and your life is stuffed with believers, you'll find yourself out of work pretty quickly. What's the point of saving the "already saved"?

Not doing anything is doing something and choosing to look away is a passive but no less mortal sin.

New Rule: Stop putting psychedelic screensavers on computers. I sit down to check my e-mail, and the next thing I know it's three days later, I'm in the desert, I'm banging on a drum, I'm naked, and somebody's pierced my dick.

We were asked to do very little, and we responded. That's the bargain we tacitly make with our presidents: we won't ask too much of you, if you don't ask too much of us.

True patriotism is doing something for your country.

say that evil happens when good men do nothing. And the Democrats prove it also happens when mediocre people do nothing.

only he wasn't satisfied with the noise level of the pathetic Clippers crowd, so he stepped away from the line and waved his arms. That's right, the Legend was imploring the crowd to pump up the volume. I

Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.

People pay more attention when they think you're up to something.

Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension.

You can present the material, but you can't make me care.