Quotes About Her Engagement

#1. Her engagement? That is a long story." He laughed,

Alexander McCall Smith

#2. He certainly must have money, for he has just showered Jane with jewelry. Her engagement ring is a diamond cluster so big that it looks like a plaster on Jane's fat paw.

L.M. Montgomery

#3. ...and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfill her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.

Jane Austen

#4. The biggest lie a girl will ever tell you is that the size or authenticity of an engagement ring doesn't matter to her. The truth is that the worth of a woman could be defined by her engagement ring.

David Bowick

#5. I've become one of those women who thrusts her engagement finger out all the time.

Katherine Parkinson

#6. There was, she noticed, a fragment of frozen pea caught in the setting of her engagement ring.

Robert Galbraith

#7. It might've been my fichu.
-Patricia to Lucy about her engagement to vicar Penweeble.

Elizabeth Hoyt

#8. Mallory asked sympathetically, reaching for the syrup, her engagement ring catching the light.
Amy shielded her eyes. "Jeez, Mallory, stop waving that thing around - you're going to blind us. Couldn't Ty have found one smaller than a third world country? Or less sparkyly?

Jill Shalvis

#9. I pointed to her engagement ring. "I don't know who the idiot is, but I hope he knows he's the luckiest man in the world.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#10. To say the least, it was inconsiderate of Diana's almost-dead husband to show up at her engagement party.

Robin Lee Hatcher

#11. In Christian engagement, the goal is to win the person
who is of the other worldview - not to destroy the person.

Ravi Zacharias

#12. When a Promise of Leadership is neglected or unfulfilled, trust is broken, engagement erodes, and performance suffers.

William A. Adams

#13. Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam?

Elizabeth Gaskell

#14. A fellow ought to save a few of the long evenings he spends with his girl till after they're married.

Kin Hubbard

#15. I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

John Berger

#16. It is sweet to feel by what fine spun threads our affections are drawn together.

Laurence Sterne

#17. As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation.

Earl Blumenauer

#18. Steve had just met the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Until now his engagement to Christine had never been a concern.

Stephen Douglass

#19. Be reactionary. React to what the market wants. And the market wants one-on-one real time engagement. Now that we have the tools to engage, I'm going to continue fighting for the end user.

Gary Vaynerchuk

#20. When it comes to semantic search and the success of your social media policy, truly, there is only one thing that absolutely counts: engagement.

David Amerland

#21. Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.

Ahmet Davutoglu

#22. I was simple enough to think, that because my faith was plighted to another, there could be no danger in my being with you; and that the consciousness of my engagement was to keep my heart as safe and sacred as my honour.

Jane Austen

#23. I come alive when I'm painting. I like to work in oils and acrylics, and the full sensory engagement and self-expression is very stimulating to me.

Carmen Ejogo

#24. When you pray, move your feet." Prayer without action, like optimism without engagement, is passive aggression toward the future. Even

Al Gore

#25. One of my most sentimental items is my grandmother's engagement ring that my mom gave me a few years ago. It's a Victorian-style setting that's closed in the back, so it doesn't sparkle the way diamonds do now. I wear it as a pendant.

Georgina Chapman

#26. For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians and the public, needs to allow those politicians to be honest. If local democracy is to flourish, it is about the active and informed engagement of every citizen.

Rory Stewart

#27. Problems and problems... and problems and the whole truth was told.

(Holiday Engagement 2011 - Movie)

Deyth Banger

#28. the major factor in whether people achieve expertise "is not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement.

Carol S. Dweck

#29. He was always the bridge, between men as well as between ideas.

Barbara W. Tuchman

#30. There's no point discussing an engagement with a person determined that nothing will convince her that her love is not the be-all and end-all of her life.

Louis Auchincloss

#31. An anti-racist person is on a life-long journey that includes forming new understanding of and ways to live her or his racial identity and then increasing commitment to and engagement in anti-racism actions

Louise Derman-Sparks

#32. As she reached for the plates, she wondered if her life could get any weirder. Her life savings had been handed over to a band of South American guerrillas, she had a phony engagement to a famous football player, she was homeless and jobless, and she was making breakfast for Mad Jack Patriot.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#33. Sasha told me you were looking for engagement rings. Do you have a specific style in mind?
Yeah the kind that fits on her hand and makes her say yes when I propose

J. Sterling

#34. For the love of God, Hanna, where are you?" he yelled.
Across the room she lowered her fruity drink, held up her hand decorated with a beautiful engagement ring, and called out, "Is that what this ring means? That I come to your rescue?"
He nodded fervently, shouting, "Yes!

Christina Lauren

#35. I bet you didn't have to say a word. I bet those rings were all Ty. Which makes you the only female on the planet who didn't have to give her man some instruction when it came to an engagement ring," Krystal noted correctly and I looked down at her. "He may drink beer but that boy is pure champagne.

Kristen Ashley

#36. At long last, she gasped out, "It's Seth."
"What happened?" I demanded. "Is he okay?"
"He ended it." Her crying renewed. "He broke the engagement and told me it was over.

Richelle Mead

#37. The continuation of her life was more than another day of breathing, but was the gift of another day of engagement with her beloved across the spectrum of all things.

Dan Simmons

#38. How much time do I get in exchange for that rose?"
For the rose, a short engagement. For the speech, you get a lifetime."
I can live with that," he said, and kissed her.

Laura Lee Guhrke

#39. The fame of Maria Foote's beauty and charm of manner had reached London, and in May 1814, she made her first appearance at Covent Garden Theatre and personated Amanthis in 'The Child of Nature' with such grace and effect that the manager complimented her with an immediate engagement.

Sabine Baring-Gould

#40. An economically confident America has - since becoming a world power at the start of the 20th century - tended toward global engagement. It is during times of economic stress (1930s, 1970s) that America has become more withdrawn.

Thomas P.M. Barnett

#41. Rosa reports the engagement of her niece in 1912 to a nice young man without a name. It may therefore be that the last descendants of the Luxemburg family are living somewhere in England.

John Peter Nettl

#42. It's my mother's engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all - this was my way of keeping her close to it all.

Prince William

#43. Having been engaged rather a lot of times, Zsa Zsa Gabor was asked whether a lady should give back the ring. Her answer?
Of course dahlink, but first, you take out all the diamonds.

Zsa Zsa Gabor

#44. Her mother would be married by then, and just back from her honeymoon.
Maddy and Theo would be her brother and sister, and back in school. She would be planning her own
wedding, though she'd pressured Tyler not to announce their engagement yet.

Nora Roberts

#45. Emma giggled. "I don't think so." She nudged him playfully. "Just go on over and make them an offer they can't refuse on taking your fiancee upstairs to consummate your engagement."
He scowled at her. "You're supposed to consummate a marriage, not an engagement.

Katie Ashley

#46. What could he be thinking of? He seemed to be trying to remember something, perhaps an engagement, perhaps an excuse to leave her. For eventually, they all made some excuse.

Brian Moore

#47. It is well known that a man, when wooing a lady to be his wife, must first win over the females she most confides in - her friends, of course, and her sister, if she has one.

Anna Godbersen

#48. Oh, is that what's in the box? You threw my engagement ring at me?

Linda Howard

#49. Do not lose heart. We were made for these times ... For years we have been learning, practicing, been in training for ... and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#50. I won't give my heart to another girl until God shows me it's my wife.

Eric Ludy

#51. A Consciously Conscious Revolutionary Workplace mindset, is People Firsts, to ensure that it's not a prostitute of our children's future.

Tony Dovale

#52. People don't change that much. Instead of trying to put in what God left out, try drawing out what God left in!

Curt Coffman

#53. Positive energy is unleashed when leaders give themselves permission to connect and express themselves from the core of who they are. When leaders practice authenticity, creativity, engagement, confidence, and a sense of inner resourcefulness emerge.

Henna Inam

#54. Healthy skepticism is often the best way to glean the value of what's being presented - challenge it; prove it wrong, if you can. That creates engagement, which is the key to understanding.

David Allen

#55. We cannot fulfill our engagements with the Almighty without we have that Spirit with us. We should so live as to acknowledge the Good Spirit continually. We cannot do this unless we let the Spirit of God rule in temporalities as well as in spiritual matter.

Daniel H. Wells

#56. You don't always have to teach the the corrective lesson. Sometimes you can teach the lesson of patience and non-engagement.

Bryant McGill

#57. If the [actors] are working, and I have a dinner engagement, I don't do 20 takes. I do five takes and go home. I want to go to dinner.

Woody Allen

#58. How well I walk my talk, and not talk my talk, determines the quality of my engagement, of all my experience with what is quite personally my God. I'm my greatest teacher, and within me, I have the power to push myself deeper and higher.

Lorraine Toussaint

#59. Mournier defined his own position as one of 'tragic optimism
' a Christian attitude of absolute engagement in the struggles of history, despite the fact that the Absolute cannot be contained in history.

Robert Ellsberg

#60. Some Christians believe the harder that one thinks, the colder faith will grow. Augustine grew more brilliant as he grew more pious, more creative as he became more orthodox. His period of heresy was imitative, but his traditional Christianity took mental risks.

John Mark Reynolds

#61. P is positive emotion, E is engagement, R is relationships, M is meaning and A is accomplishment. Those are the five elements of what free people chose to do. Pretty much everything else is in service of one of or more of these goals. That's the human dashboard.

Martin Seligman

#62. Technology works best when it facilitates human hope, activism, engagement & intervention.

Mal Fletcher

#63. A Bridgeport, Connecticut, man presented his girlfriend with an engagement ring and handed her one end of a ribbon; the other end disappeared into his pocket. "A surprise," he said, and urged her to pull it. She obliged. The ribbon was attached to the trigger of a revolver. The man died instantly.

Erik Larson

#64. You'll attract the employees you need if you can explain why your mission is compelling: not why it's important in general, but why you're doing something important that no one else is going to get done.

Peter Thiel

#65. All depend upon the engagement of as many people as possible on all levels, from civil society to national leaders, to advocate for the kind of national and international commitments, legislation, and public/ private partnerships that can make the difference.

Queen Noor Of Jordan

#66. I think we should all be accountable to our parties, but I also think that accountability should be a process of engagement: that MPs do engage with their constituency parties, do engage with their constituents, and MPs do change their minds on things because of local opinion.

Jeremy Corbyn

#67. Like flossing, frequent engagement with a product, especially over a short period of time, increases the likelihood of forming new routines.

Nir Eyal

#68. President Obama and I recognize the importance of strong economic engagement for the continued growth of both the Philippines and the United States.

Benigno Aquino III

#69. We're moving toward the kind of work world which has less security. But we hope it has more creativity and possibility of real engagement.

David Whyte

#70. Those who feel satisfied with their personal lives are more satisfied with their careers and perform better.

Michael Hyatt

#71. Professional development is a collective resource, not a personal prerogative. Peer engagement forges powerful links between teacher learning and student growth.

Laura Lipton

#72. Finn regarded pesky little things like wedding bands, engagement rings, and jealous, hulking menfolk more as amusing challenges than immovable obstacles that could be hazardous to his health.

Jennifer Estep

#73. Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.

Thomas Ehrlich

#74. One thing that is wrongly hyped is social media For many media organizations, they think it of it as distribution, and yes it's good for that. What's missing is the power of social media for engagement with the audience and for newsgathering.

Vivian Schiller

#75. I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I'm doing it completely intellectually.

Helen Garner

#76. Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it.

Anthony Giddens

#77. Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview, reading, flight, doctor's appointment, birthday and dry-cleaning reminder has been handwritten between metal loops.

Sloane Crosley

#78. I pledge to love Jesus more than anything or anyone. And you are next in line, God's remarkable gift to me. I promise to protect, honor, and cherish you for the rest of our lives.

Robert Wolgemuth

#79. Jack Sparrow: [after Will draws his sword] Put it away, son. It's not worth you getting beat again.

Will Turner: You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight, I'd kill you.

Jack Sparrow: That's not much incentive for me to fight fair, then, is it?

Jack Sparrow

#80. The integral sage, the nondual sage, is here to show us otherwise. Known generally as "Tantric," these sages insist on transcending life by living it. They insist on finding release by engagement, finding nirvana in the midst of samsara, finding total liberation by complete immersion.

Ken Wilber

#81. Products with higher user engagement have the potential to grow faster than their rivals.

Nir Eyal

#82. While "caring about" conveys feelings of concern for one's state of being, "caring for" is active engagement in doing something to positively affect it.

Geneva Gay

#83. Bloy was the ultimate weapon against the twentieth century, its mediocrity, its moronic 'engagement,' its cloying humanitarianism; against Sartre, and Camus, and all their political playacting; and against all those sickening formalists, the nouveau roman, the pointless absurdity of it all.

Michel Houellebecq

#84. I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while to protest, but it's more about an ongoing, sustained engagement in issues, networks and communities about which people care.

Alex Steffen

#85. The fact that I could secure an opera engagement made me realize I had within me the making of an artist, if I would really labor for such an end. When I became thoroughly convinced of this, I was transformed from an amateur into a professional in a single day.

Enrico Caruso

#86. If Alice had a post-engagement policy, it was to pass.

Alexis Coe