Quotes about Community
Wherefore, as grace is primarily given unto us for ourselves, and secondarily for the good of others; so gifts are bestowed in the first place for the edification of others, and secondly for our own spiritual advantage also.
- John Owen
The modern slave trader assures himself (or herself) that the desperate people are better off earning one dollar a day than no dollars at all, and that they are receiving the opportunity to become integrated into the larger world community.
- John Perkins
Being a divorcee in a small town is a little like playing Monopoly; eventually you land on all the properties.
- John Updike
Never believe you're better than anybody else, but remember that you're just as good as everybody else.
- John Wooden
James Russell Lowell wrote: It's not what we give but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare. Who gives of himself of his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
- John Wooden
You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.
- John Wooden
three of the things we want most—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind—are always attained when we give them to others.
- John Wooden
For the strength of the pack is the wolf; and the strength of the wolf is the pack." —Rudyard Kipling
- John Wooden
A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself for the group, for the good of the group — that's teamwork.
- John Wooden
It would not be hard to imagine that a happy hermit, living in isolation, might feel connected to everything in nature and all people on the planet and not be at all affected by a dearth of human neighbors.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
- Pope John Paul II
It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.
- Shane Claiborne