Susan Rice Quotes

In life, be a participant, not a spectator.

The thing is I never want to be an observer, it's only in retrospect that I wish I had observed.

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

I encourage everyone out there to get involved.

With anything that happens in Cleveland, I always get involved.

I probably got from my mom a passion for public policy and and civic involvement.

Dear young people, please, don’t be observers of life, but get involved. Jesus did not remain an observer, but he immersed himself. Don’t be observers, but immerse yourself in the reality of life, as Jesus did.

There is something about participating; it is almost my religion. If the world is still here in 100 years, people will know the importance of participating, not just being spectators. Millions of small groups around the world, that don't necessarily all agree with one another, are made up of people who are not just sitting back waiting for someone to do things for them. No one can prove anything, but of course if I didn't believe it had some kind of power, I wouldn't be trying to do it.

There are a lot of complaints by the older generation about the lack of action in this generation. My retort: give these people something to be engaged in. Cutting a check is not engaging.

To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me.

We must care. We must all care. And while I am working, while the governments is working, so must the people also work.

That's why we all play the game. You want to be a player; you want to be out there to play.

I have always been an active part of my community.

I think you can't be passive in making this film - or in watching it.

We are not apathetic in this country.

I and you and everyone else has to be a political activist.

We have this attitude in America of, 'Someone else is going to fix the problem.' That's what the majority of Americans have. Or, 'I'm just going to go online and sign this petition, and that will take care of it.' That's doesn't do it.

Find an issue that's important to you, and be as curious and close to it as possible.

If we can get people engaged in the world around them in any form, in any way, that's a positive thing, and hopefully we can get them to come to the news more.

People really respond when given an opportunity to take part in something.

As I get older and more tuned in to a community or an area, I see myself getting more involved. Not that I see myself running for office, but more involved in local issues.

If we are going to be part of the solution, we have to engage the problems.

The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.

A lot of brands just push messages out on social media, but that's not what social is about.

I finally reached the point where I knew I had to become involved or shut up.