Participation Quotes

• Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dream

  William Arthur Ward, “Do More”

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  We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

  Howard Zinn

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Howard Zinn (2010). “You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times”, p.208, Beacon Press

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• Participation, I think, or one of the best methods of educating.

  Tom Glazer

  Thinking, Method

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• The highest measure of democracy is neither the 'extent of freedom' nor the 'extent of equality', but rather the highest measure of participation.

  Alain de Benoist

  Freedom, Democracy, Highest

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• Two things are necessary, the development of individuality and the participation of the individual in a truly social life.

  Maria Montessori

  Two, Individuality, Development

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• Any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful.

  John Stuart Mill

  Government, Function, Smallest

  John Stuart Mill (2016). “Considerations on Representative Government”, p.94, John Stuart Mill

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• Personal participation is the universal principle of knowing.

  Michael Polanyi

  Knowing, Principles, Gathering Data

  Michael Polanyi, Harry Prosch (2008). “Meaning”, p.44, University of Chicago Press

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• People's participation is the essence of good governance.

  Narendra Modi

  Essence, People, India

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• If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.

  Ai Weiwei

  Expression, Choices, Needs

  "Enforced Disappearance". W Magazine, November 2011.

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  Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Dyer, Wayne (2005). “Everyday Wisdom”, p.216, Hay House, Inc

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• While transparency reduces corruption, good governance goes beyond transparency in achieving openness. Openness means involving the stakeholders in decision-making process. Transparency is the right to information while openness is the right to participation.

  Narendra Modi

  Mean, Decision, India

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• We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Responsibility, Rights, Democracy

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• Participation - that's what's gonna save the human race.

  Pete Seeger

  Healing, Race, Humans

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• Life is a flow of love, only your participation is requested.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Bhajans, Flow

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• Participation trophies are the soul herpes of a generation.

  Christopher Titus

  Soul, Trophies, Generations

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.

  Bill Gates

  Community, Investing, Poor

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• There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But you live with a spirit of vitality and a spirit of participation, of being wanted, and having something to contribute.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Wisdom, Differences, Despair

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• Though government has an important role to play in meeting the many challenges that remain before us, we are coming to understand that no organization, including government, will fully succeed without the active participation of each of us. Volunteers are vital to enabling this country to live up to the true promise of its heritage

  William J. Clinton

  Country, Government, Play

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• Mere praise of peace is easy and ineffective. What is needed is acitve participation in the fight against war and everything which leads to it.

  Albert Einstein

  Peace, War, Fighting

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• An athlete gains so much knowledge by just participating in a sport. Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the thrill of finally achieving your goals. These are all lessons in life.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Sports, Life Lesson, Hard Work

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• There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

  Jerzy Kosinski

  Literature, Action, Type

  Jerzy Kosinski (2012). “Oral Pleasure: Kosinski as Storyteller: Kosinski as Storyteller”, p.270, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The more we increase the active participation and partnership with young people, the better we serve them. ... And the more comprehensively we work with them as service partners, the more we increase our public value to the entire community.

  Maria del Carmen Martinez-Bordiu y Franco

  People, Community, Youth

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• In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.

  Cesar Chavez

  Perfect, Political, Immigration

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• It is only by participation in a rational, practice-based community that one becomes rational.

  Alasdair MacIntyre

  Practice, Community, Rational

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• Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Motivational, Freedom, Believe

  Abbie Hoffman (2009). “Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial”, Da Capo Press

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