Quotes about Community
Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.
— Napoleon Hill
It is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal.
— Aristotle
The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.
— Thomas Jefferson
There is a patience that cackles. There are a great many virtues that are hen-like. They are virtue, to be sure; but everybody in the neighborhood has to know about them.
— Henry Ward Beecher
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
— Ronald Reagan
I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
— Andrew Carnegie
The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live happily, and to be at peace with his neighbors.
— Harry S. Truman
We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.
— George H. W. Bush
Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is penance to work, to give oneself to others, to endure the pinpricks of community living.
— Dorothy Day