Favorite Quotations ~  Involvement Vital Involvement in Old Age

"Believe in something larger than yourself... Get involved in the big ideas of your time." ~ Barbara Bush

All God's Angels Come to Us

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I'll remember. Involve me and I'll understand. ~ Confucius

Will you be a spectator or a citizen? To make a difference in this world, you must be involved. ~ George W. Bush

You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won/lost record of the referee. ~ John H. Hulcomb, The Militant Moderate

Love involves a peculiar, unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding. ~ Diane Arbus

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. ~ Alexander Graham Bell

Be involved with the people with the live hearts, the live eyes, who are committed to something. ~ Harry Chapin

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it.No involvement, no commitment. ~ Stephen R. Covey

Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life. ~ Herbert Otto

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. ~ Sophia Loren

The happiest person today is the one who is the most involved in service to others, and the most miserable person today is the one who is the most tuned in on himself. ~ Morris Vendon

What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement. ~ Edward Albee

Truth is the most valuable thing we have so let us economize it. Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved. ~ Mark Twain

If the only motive was to help people who could not afford education, advocates of government involvement would have simply proposed tuition subsidies. ~ Milton Friedman

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed. ~ Martina Navratilova