Quotes about Involvement
And the first thing we have to do is vote. Hey, no, not just once in a while. Not just when my husband or somebody you like is on the ballot. But in every election at every level, all of the time.
— Michelle Obama
A man must not hold himself aloof from the things which his friends and community have at heart if he would be liked.
— Mark Twain
When religion becomes so involved in a future good over yonder that it forgets the present evils over here it is as dry as dust religion and needs to be condemned.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is not enough for the church to be active in the realm of ideas; it must move out to the arena of social action.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
One must not love oneself so much, as to avoid getting involved in the risks of life that history demands of us, and those that fend off danger will lose their lives.
— Oscar Romero
In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
You would think none of my brothers have jobs with how much time they spend on the phone with our mom.
— Myron Rolle
They killed him because he was too innocent to live. He was young and ignorant and silly and he got involved. He had no more of a notion than any of you what the whole affair's about . . .
— Graham Greene
The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
— Walt Whitman
Unless we are involved, the problem is not present.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is the more attractive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is his isolation.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Christian life is participation in the encounter of Christ with the world.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer