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Quotes About Belonging

they have nowhere else to go, and nobody else to be
~ Salman Rushdie
Exilatul nu poate uita - si trebuie, prin urmare, sa simuleze - arsita uscata din Desh, fostul si viitorul lui taram, in care pana si Luna este fierbinte si picura ca niste lipii proaspete, date cu unt. O, cat de dor ii e de acea parte a lumii, unde soarele si luna sunt de genul masculin, dar lumina lor dulce si fierbinte are intotdeauna nume femeiesti!...
~ Salman Rushdie
Giderken koÅŸullar ne kadar ac? olursa olsun, sonunda dönebildiÄŸiniz yer evinizdir.
~ Salman Rushdie
The fascist says, It's not what you think, or what you think you know, that is important. The only truth is whether or not you feel subjectively, spiritually, part of a larger national community __ and if you do, wonderful! And if you don't, then you're an enemy.
~ Sam Harris
I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.
~ Mike Tyson
People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.
~ Michael Wilbon
I played team sports, but I never felt like I fitted in that well, so this allowed me to be part of a community but to do it in my own way.
~ Tony Hawk
The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the expectations of your peer group.
~ Tony Robbins
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
~ Barack Obama
My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from - my island.
~ Oscar de la Renta
Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.
~ Mother Teresa
Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.
~ Joseph Conrad
Home is a place from which you can draw strength.
~ Wendy Starland
If your children know who God is they will know who they are, regardless of where you or they call home.
~ Shannon L. Alder
God doesn't intend for you to handle all the pain and stress in your life by yourself. We were wired for each other. We need each other.
~ Rick Warren
The best thing about sports is the sense of community and shared emotion it can create.
~ Bob Costas
Having been adopted, I really have a strong sense- a necessity almost- for stability, a foundation where my family is concerned. [Success] would be meaningless without anyone to share it with.
~ Faith Hill
Success, to me, is helping one person or many people counter the isolation and pseudoconnectivity of our lives by boosting their ability to connect to themselves and to others.
~ Esther Perel
Me being biracial, me being from Canada but having success in the States, I have all these moments in my life where I'm jumping roof to roof. Black to white. Singing and rapping.
~ Drake
Success is really when you create a space, a piece of art, and people come in and say, that's my story - when they claim it.
~ Haile Gerima
those who remain in Paris in July must be true Parisians.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Vous êtes chez vous
~ Alexandre Dumas
Thus, it seems to me beyond doubt that, if one section of the Union seriously decided to split off from the rest, not only could no one prevent its happening but that no one would attempt to do so. The present Union will, therefore, last only as long as all the constituent states continue to wish to belong.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
Each of them, withdrawn and apart, is like a stranger to the destiny of all the others; his children and his particular friends form the whole human species for him; as for dwelling with his fellow citizens, he is beside them, but he does not see them; he touches them and does not feel them; he exists only in himself and for himself alone, and if a family still remains for him, one can at least say that he no longer has a native country.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville