Quotes about Engagement
Radicalism was thriving among all groups except the Catholics. I felt out of it all. There was Catholic membership in all these groups of course, but no Catholic leadership.
— Dorothy Day
When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.
— Dr. Seuss
Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church...is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the phone and spending an evening with her.
— DL Moody
To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse, that's quite a task
— Etty Hillesum
The sin of inadvertence, not being alert, not quite awake, is the sin of missing the moment of life-live with unremitting alertness.
— Joseph Campbell
Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
— Jimmy Carter
So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.
— John Maxwell
To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
I only live the full life when I live fully in the moment.
— Ann Voskamp
Activity does not necessarily mean life.
— Philip K. Dick