John Dewey Quotes

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it.

Life cannot be seen by an unmoved spectator.

I'm always struck by how innately curious kids are about the world around us and how engaged and sensitive they are to what is happening .. and how many kids do want to be engaged and do what to make a difference.

I take everything personally- that's what being a person is all about.

To know is to care, to care is to act, to act is to make a difference.

I don't worry so much about the audience. I want them very much to be involved and enjoy the movie, but I try to just inhabit the character in a full way, where I can create a personal stake.

John Bunyan, author of the classic book the Pilgrim’s Progress, said “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who cannot pay you back.” Make a decision that you will live to give. Be on the lookout each day for somebody you can bless. Don’t’ live for yourself; learn to give yourself away, and your life will make a difference.

It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing something good for someone else. There are a lot of ways to lift your self-esteem, but making a positive difference in another's life has got to be my best leadership guidance. Serving others and working to add value to them will lift your spirits in a way that nothing else will. Trust me on this one.

In life, be a participant, not a spectator.

There's nothing more rewarding than making a difference doing charity work or being able to be there for a friend.

I don't mind either one [crowd that is more willing to interact or crowd that's more ready to just watch]. Both of them are forms of listening to what I'm saying so I can't ask for any more than that.

Vision comes alive when everyone sees where his or her contribution makes a difference.

Anything that I've put my name to and my face to and put my time into, is something that I'm clearly passionate about, or I wouldn't be there.

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

I don't think I can see the world through other people's eyes, but I can capture an attitude or a look that makes others think I can. I have an appreciation for why people choose to look the way they do. But I can't know what they experience.

Without your involvement you can't succeed. With your involvement you can't fail.

The difference between doing something and not doing something is doing something.

Don't be fair, be engaged.

You may find that making a difference for others makes the biggest difference in you.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

interested, I mean, with that intense personal interest to which every one has some vague right at the end

When it came down to it, he just wasn't that engaged. You had to be engaged to be a vegetarian; you had to be engaged to sing "Both Sides Now" with your eyes closed; when it came down to it, you had to be engaged to be a mother.

If you're not engaged in the writing and it doesn't grab you then you just don't want to do it.

Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored.

You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.