100 Awesome Participation Quotes To Inspire Your Team

1. “New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled the humiliating question arises ‘Why then are you not taking part in them?” ― H.G. Wells

2. No experience in this world has ever been cathartic without the willing participation of the individual. Life does not automatically bestow wisdom or growth on anyone just for showing up. – Elizabeth Gilbert

3. Freedom of expression – in particular, freedom of the press – guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of the government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy. – Corazon Aquino

4. It never hurts to be involved in any political or activist organization. I can never see how participation would be a bad thing. The key is being true to what you participate with and who. – John Cusack

5. “Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged participation are what make it happen.” ― Aberjhani 

6. “Play invites participation.” ― Brian Goodwin

7. Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable later on in life. – Walter Annenberg

8. “People who score zero are not only those who do not participate in the game but also those who play very well but have no goal in focus!” ― Israelmore Ayivor

9. We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation. – Wynton Marsalis 

10. “If you want to do something that really changes someone’s life, the best thing you can do is make the person you’re trying to help a participant in the process.” ― John Stahl-Wert

11. Conflict cannot survive without your participation. – Wayne Dyer 

12. “Winning has a value for ego, but participation has value for life.” ― Debasish Mridha

13. “Similarly, gender-equality, the supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.”  – Recep Tayyip Erdogan

14. “Winning is something, but participation is everything.” ― Debasish Mridha

15. “I try to give the music more of a campfire feel as opposed to a library atmosphere. I like when you can hear people hanging out in the songs and doing a little shuffling. It creates a feeling of participation.” – Alex Ebert

16. “Chance or fate has, yes, participation in your life. But how much it happens, it’s up to you.” ― 1 Minuto Na Palma da Mão 

17. “The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organization, and participation in a meaningful society.” – Noam Chomsky

18. “Maybe you receive pain selfishly — thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant.” ― Bryant McGill

19. “Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it’s about the experience, it’s about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious.” – Daniel Libeskind

20. “I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.” ― Ian Hunter

21. There’s no way that if you get participation out of a person can they say you didn’t rock it. – Jam Master Jay

22. The making of thoughts is the most common instance of human participation in the creative act. – Frank Barron

23. “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 

24. “A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human spaceflight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.”  – Valentina Tereshkova

25. We firmly believe the environmental issues cannot be addressed without extensive public participation, but people need to be informed before they can get involved. – Ma Jun

26. Give participation in the inquiry the highest priority. – Andy Card

27. Participation, I think, or one of the best methods of educating. – Tom Glazer

28. I think a ‘no’ vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation. – Cory Gardner

29. Freedom is participation in power. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

30. Participation in the blessings of the union with Christ comes when the faithful have all the things needed to live well and blessedly to God. – William Ames 

31. Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly. – Bobby Scott

32. “Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations of experience its own full and unique meaning.” – John Dewey

33. “We’re not going back anywhere, we’re going forward, we’re going forward in democracy, we’re going forward in participation, we’re going forward with ideas.” – Jeremy Corbyn

34. A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries. – Li Peng

35. Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God. – Ralph Cudworth

36. The worst thing you can do to anybody trying to be creative is to demand participation in their vision. – Chuck Klosterman 

37. The only preparation or participation required to unleash the power of intention is a connection to the conscious intelligence field, which can be attained in many ways, one of the best being meditation. – Deepak Chopra

38. Participation is easily obtained with Latin chant. – Richard Morris

39. This is a chance for full participation for everyone, with and without disabilities, … We’re accessible physically, but not as accessible in attitudes as we should be. – Kim Wilson

40. The more we can encourage participation, I think the better off we are. – Barack Obama

41. A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries. – Li Peng

42. “I will go to my grave believing that participation is best driven by the well-stocked shop window. Sebastian CoeThere’s no way that if you get participation out of a person can they say you didn’t rock it.” – Jam Master Jay 

43. “Health is a function of participation.” – Werner Erhard

44. “One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation.”
― Walter Scott

45. “Leadership should be more participative than directive, more enabling than performing.” – Mary D. Poole

46. “My Goal is not Winning; But to participate in all possible.” – Sanji paul

47. “Spirit of immersion and curiosity and awe and participation is something which Timothy Treadwell and I have in common.” – Werner Herzog

48. “It is not the will to win that makes you a winner, but the will to prepare to win which does.”

49. “The world can ask you to participate, but it’s a day-to-day decision if you want to agree to that proposal.” ― Aimee Bender

50. “evening coming, participate in the stars and participate in the clouds; make participation your lifestyle and the whole existence becomes such a joy, such an ecstasy. You could not have dreamed of a better universe.” – Rajneesh

51. “When any of us meet someone who rejects dominant norms and values, we feel a little less crazy for doing the same. Any act of rebellion or non-participation, even on a very small scale, is therefore a political act.” – Charles Eisenstein 

52. “Life is for participating, not for spectating.”― Kathrine Switzer

53. “There’s a fine line between participation and mockery.” – Scott Adams

54. “Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations of experience its own full and unique meaning.” – John Dewey

55. “As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list of human rights the right to work and a certain number of economic, social, and cultural rights.” – Rene Cassin

56. “Conflict cannot survive without your participation.” – Wayne Dyer

57. “Participate in your life, don’t just bear witness to the rain washing you away.”
― Thomm Quackenbush 

58. “Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management.” – Mikhail Gorbachev

59. “To learn, read; to understand, participate.” ― Debasish Mridha

60. “The comic, more than the tragic, because it ignites hope, leads to more, not less, participation in the struggle for a just world.” – Harvey Cox

61. “Freedom of expression – in particular, freedom of the press – guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.” – Corazon Aquino

62. “Genuine forgiveness is participation, reunion overcoming the powers of estrangement. . . We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.” – Paul Tillich

63. “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”  – Mother Teresa 

64. “To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of art this is one of the fascinating challenges of these days.” – John F. Kennedy

65. “It is better to participate and fail than fail to participate.”― Debasish Mridha

66. “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

67. “Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one’s own culture and social organisation.” – Atal Bihari Vajpayee

68. “Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly.” – Bobby Scott

69. “Harnessing new communications technology offers one promising way to make public participation easier and more effective.”  – Peter Roskam

70. “Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it’s about experience, it’s about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious.” – Daniel Libeskind 

71. Increased awareness and education could be a great help toward improving spending and saving habits and increasing participation and contribution levels to retirement plans. – Ron Lewis

72. “Hope is born of participation in hopeful solutions.” – Marianne Williamson

73. “True success in any endeavor can only come when the Father has initiated the activity and invited our participation.” – Priscilla Shirer

74. “It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.” – Ela Bhatt

75. “It’s not the winning, but the participation, not the triumph, but the struggle…” 

76. “Non-participation gives us hardening of the attitude. Life goes on, and if we do not participate, life still goes on. If a negative attitude is not getting us where we want to go, then why not change the attitude? Reshaping attitudes is possible. Awareness is the key initial step.” – Marsha Petrie Sue

77. “The bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a responsible moral being…” – J. G. A. Pocock

78. “I understand Being in all and overall, as there is nothing without participation in Being, and there is no being without Essence. Thus nothing can be free of the Divine Presence.” – Giordano Bruno

79. “As educators and policymakers, it is important to demonstrate for parents the connection between high levels of student participation in assessment and system accountability – ensuring the success of every student.” – Kate Brown

80. “Watching the world’s best compete fires you up to achieve your own feats of greatness. When it comes to running, participation and spectating go hand in hand.” – Kara Goucher 

81. “Philosophy is speculation, Zen is participation. Participate in the night leaving, participate in the evening coming, participate in the stars and participate in the clouds; make participation your lifestyle and the whole existence becomes such a joy, such an ecstasy. You could not have dreamed of a better universe” – Rajneesh

82. “Our missionary activities are only authentic insofar as they reflect participation in the mission of God.” – David Bosch

83. “Listen to what your higher wisdom has to say about how you can deepen your participation in the global shift-through personal healing, changing your worldview, or finding ways to help others and the environment. This is how you can both heal yourself and help humanity. At their deepest level, the two are joined and ready to awaken to a new world.” – Edmund Bourne

84. We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation. – Wynton Marsalis

85. Conflict cannot survive without your participation. – Wayne Dyer

86. The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society. – Noam Chomsky

87. “Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best by being “with it,” yet school makes them identify their personal, cognitive growth with elaborate planning and manipulation.” – Ivan Illich

88. “Any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful.” – John Stuart Mill

89. “To consciously evolve, we require clear vision of a compassionate future that draws out our enthusiastic participation in life.” – Duane Elgin 

90. “I think there will be a high rate of participation. Most parties appear to have decided to back the process and fight on the election battlefield.” – Carina Perelli

91. “Massive shift from presentation to participation…people want to be part of to be part of the conversation.” – Roy Sekoff

92. “The spiritual is inclusive. It is the deepest sense of belonging and participation.We all participate in the spiritual at all times, whether we know it or not.” – Rachel Naomi Remen

93. “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

94. “This work of connecting our light to the world does not need to be done through a mass movement, or by millions of people. . . .The real work is always done by a small number of individuals. What matters is the level of participation: whether we dare to make a real commitment to the work of the soul.” – Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

95. “People’s participation is the essence of good governance.” – Narendra Modi 

96. “Giving thanks is a key that opens a door to greater connectedness and greater participation in the life of the world. It is one of the most powerful spiritual practices available to us.” – David Spangler

97. “Participation would help promote a balance of viewpoints.” – Christine Varney

98. “Common participation in the Eucharist can only be a final outcome of ecumenic dialogue, not the starting point.” – Karl Lehmann

99. “I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating.” – Diablo Cody

100. Non-co-operation is protest against an unwitting and unwilling participation in evil. –
Mahatma Gandhi 

1.”Individual commitment to a group effort–that is what makes teamwork, company work, a society work, a civilization work.” —Vince Lombardi

2. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” —Michael Jordan

3. “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” –-Andrew Carnegie

4. “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” —Helen Keller

5. “Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” —Patrick Lencioni

6. “I invite everyone to choose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.” —Jean-Francois Cope

7. “None of us is as smart as all of us.” —Ken Blanchard

8. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is a success.” —Henry Ford

9. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” —Henry Ford

10. “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” —Phil Jackson

11. “Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other’s fund of collective intelligence.” —Mike Schmoker

12. “It takes two flints to make a fire.” —Louisa May Alcott

13. “Unity is a strength. . . when there are teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” —Mattie Stepanek

14. “To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.” —Mike Krzyzewski

15. “The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.” —James Cash Penney 

1. “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

2. “You are either supporting the vision or supporting division.” – Saji Ijiyemi

3. “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs

4. “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.” – Kenyan Proverb

5. “[Teamwork] is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” – Andrew Carnegie

6. “The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team.” – Lewis B. Ergen

7. “Stop thinking how ridiculous it is, and start asking yourself whether or not you believe it’s going to work. That’s why it is called a ‘leap of faith,’ Jack.” – Eloise Hawking

8. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller

9. “Teamwork makes the dream work.” – John C. Maxwell

10. “It takes two flints to make a fire.” – Louisa May Alcott

11. “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryūnosuke Satoro

12. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is a success.” – Henry Ford 

13. “It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” – Napoleon Hill

14. “If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.” – Bear Bryant

15. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan

16. “In union, there is a strength.” – Aesop

17. “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” – Babe Ruth

18. “The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of its behind.” — Joseph Stilwell

19. “If we can’t live together, we’re going to die alone.” – Jack Shephard

20. “When he took the time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself.” – Tibetan Proverb

21. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead

22. “None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Ken Blanchard

23. “When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing.” – Bo Schembechler

24. “The nicest thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.” – Margaret Carty

25. “In teamwork, silence isn’t golden, it’s deadly.” – Mark Sanborn

26. “Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they’re doing it because they care about the team.” – Patrick Lencioni

27. “A leader can’t lead ’til he knows where he’s going.” – John Locke

28. “I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I sure can pick smart colleagues.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt