Quotes about Engagement

I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.

What is written without effort in general is read without pleasure.

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church.

It doesn't take money to turn off the television and cultivate real bonding time.

There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.

Social Networking should never replace face-to-face time.

How a person seems to show up for us is intimately connected to how we choose to show up for them.

As long as there are ways we can serve, then we have a job to do.

A new kind of American—a new kind of thinker and a new kind of citizen—needs to arise now. And quickly. We the People, We the Problem For too many decades, Americans have been chronically distracted by less important things, not bothering to engage in serious self-examination.

Give all your gifts away in service to the world.  If you want to paint, don't wait for a grant, paint a wall in your town that looks drab and uninviting.  You never know who is going to see that wall. Whatever it is you want to do, give it away in service to your community.

If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ.