Quotes About Community

do as much as you can for as many as you can, every day. Even on the bad days, there's always something good you can do.

The American dream works when our common humanity matters more than our interesting differences and when together they create endless possibilities.

Think how much more rewarding it would be if we all came to work every day asking, "Who can we help today and how can we do it?" instead of "Who can I hurt and how much coverage can I get for it?

Think of how much more rewarding it would be if we all came to work every day asking, Who can we help today and how can we do it? instead of Who can I hurt and how much coverage can I get for it?

There is nothing wrong in America that can't be fixed with what is right in America.

We can not build our own future without helping others build theirs.

too often, those who rail against "them" prevail over earnest pleas to remember what "we" can be and do together. Our brains have worked this way for a long time. Maybe they always will. But we have to keep trying. That's the permanent mission our Founding Fathers left us—moving toward the "more perfect union.

May God bless the United States of America and all who call it home.

What does it mean to be an American today? It's a question that will answer itself if we get back to what's brought us this far: widening the circle of opportunity, deepening the meaning of freedom, and strengthening bonds of community. Shrinking the definition of them and expanding the definition of us. Leaving no one behind, left out, looked down on.

We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more than having affairs with our wives." ? Bill Clinton

You, my fellow Americans, have forced the spring. Now, we must do the work the season demands.

A culture of forgiveness makes any community irresistible.

As we mature, however, we realize that in order to embrace everyone at the table, we must be willing to release the grip on our personal agenda and see what is best for the community.

Communities flourish when a spirit of give-and-take characterizes discussions, decision making, and goal setting.

It must grieve the Holy Spirit when a group or a family or a church communicates "not welcome" to those who desperately long for a place at the table.

In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future. --Bill Gates (1955-)

Just think about how many landowners, utility companies, and local and state governments you'd need to bring together to build power lines that could move solar energy from the Southwest all the way to customers in New England. Merely picking the routes and establishing rights-of-way would be a massive undertaking; people tend to object when you want to run a big power line through the local park.

Y'all feel like playing Minecraft on the Xbox 360?

True friends love one another, even though we're all a little quirky.

he said we would not have to do this alone.

Nothing neutralizes the redemptive potential of a church faster than trying to be all things to all people. It is impossible for any one church to do it all.

Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.

God in His grace will allow us a certain number of friendships that stick for the long haul of life. These friendships are a treasured blessing.

Every life will be better if God is at the center of it