Quotes About Community

Where there are Norwegian communities, there are cod clubs.

No one ever escapes Gloucester. Kids go off to college and settle somewhere else. But they always come back. If Gloucester is all you know, every place else seems a little phony.

Cherokee faction of fewer than 500 people in a nation of 17,000 who were agreeable to removal.

the Poor Men of Lyons

Kement a zo fall, a gar ar sall"—Everything that is not good asks to be salted. Everything from meat to butter to potatoes was salted. Salt was Brittany's cheapest product, the one everyone could afford. Another Breton proverb was "Aviz hag holen a roer d'an nep a c'houlenn"—Advice and salt are available to anyone who wants it.

Out time has come to change the world, one person at a time

My friends are the beings through whom God loves me.

When we heal ourselves, we heal the world. For as the body is only as healthy as its individual cells, the world is only as healthy as its individual souls.

As Martin Luther King Jr. prophesied, "I believe what the self-centered have torn down, the other-centered will build up.

Ubuntu—I am because you are, you are because I am…. —A DEEP AFRICAN WAY OF BEING

These are quiet braveries we all need: The courage to wait and watch with all of who we are. The courage to admit that we are not alone. The courage to hold each other to the ear of our heart. And the courage to care for things that are broken.

We cannot eliminate hunger, but we can feed each other. We cannot eliminate loneliness, but we can hold each other. We cannot eliminate pain, but we can live a life of compassion.

Too many Western believers still unconsciously view the church like a cruise ship, with a large, well-trained staff looking after every need. The church was never intended to be a cruise ship! It was always meant to be more like a fishing boat, with everyone working, everyone helping to catch and clean fish, and everyone enjoying the satisfaction of knowing that they gave their all. In such a crew, there is loyalty and friendship centered around a common mission.

The church is often compared to a football game: 65,000 people in desperate need of exercise, and 22 people in desperate need of rest! Spectator Christianity compartmentalizes our lives so church becomes a 2-hour slot rather than a lifestyle.

The church is meant to lead the world in hearing God's voice and shaping culture.

In kingdom churches, it is not good enough if the pastor and staff get to fulfill their destiny while everyone else watches and applauds. It is time for every believer in every church in the West to reach their full potential and to fulfill their destiny in Christ.

When the King and His kingdom are the focus, the church happens. When the church is the focus, the King and His kingdom get relegated to second place.

Wherever church government is mingled with ambition, we find leaders who value members primarily for how they contribute to the church's vision.

God's kingdom advances when we embrace each others' uniqueness rather than try to copy it.

As churches and leaders in regions start to recognize our unique contributions, there will be less jealousy and competition. Instead, we will see more cooperation and recognition as we cheer each other on.

No man can become rich without himself enriching others. —ANDREW CARNEGIE

If we are going to survive, we must build communities of caring and connection. CECILE ANDREWS

Obama] was the Harvard Law Review president who never published a word, the community organizer who never organized a thing, the state legislator who voted present. And then one day came the day when it wasn't enough simply to be. For the first time in his life, he had to do it. And it turns out he can't.

Mann has the most closed mind in the scientific community.