Quotes About Community

Las sociedades más agradables son aquellas en que reina un sereno respeto mutuo entre sus miembros

For as human beings who may be well inclined to each other by nature, yet hold more firmly together when the law cements them, so are stones also, whose forms may already fit together, united far better by these binding forces.

Abro espacios a millones de hombres, espacios en los que tal vez no estén seguros, pero sí podrán estar activos y libres.

Solo merece la vida y la libertad aquel que tiene que conquistarlas todos los días. Y así, rodeados de peligros, el niño, el adulto y el anciano viven provechosamente sus años. Quiero ver una multitud así, vivir en una tierra libre con un pueblo libre.

Solch ein Gewimmel möcht ich sehn auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen: Verweile doch du bist so schön!...

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

Remember, the burden of sorrow is doubled when it is borne alone.

The way we connect and interact with each other defines who we are.

To save a girl is to save generations!

Imagine how our own families, let alone the world, would change if we vowed to keep faith with one another, strengthen one another, look for and accentuate the virtues in one another, and speak graciously concerning one another. Imagine the cumulative effect if we treated each other with respect and acceptance, if we willingly provided support. Such interactions practiced on a small scale would surely have a rippling effect throughout our homes and communities and, eventually, society at large.

This church does not belong to its President. Its head is the Lord Jesus Christ, whose name each of us has taken upon ourselves. We are all in this great endeavor together. We are here to assist our Father in His work and His glory. . . . Your obligation is as serious in your sphere of responsibility as is my obligation in my sphere. No calling in this church is small or of little consequence.

It is important to know when you feel down that many others do also and that their circumstances are generally much worse than yours. And it's important to know that when one of us is down it becomes the obligation of his friends to give him a lift. I hope that each of us will cultivate a sensitivity toward the feelings of others and when encouragement is needed make an effort to extend it. Be a friend and you will have a friend. God be thanked for wonderful friends.

Work will cure your grief. Serve others.

Everything good that has happened to me, including my marriage, I can trace back to my activity in the church.

All of us are the products of the lives that touched upon our own lives

It is so tremendously important that the women of the Church stand strong and immovable for that which is correct and proper under the plan of the Lord. They must begin in their own homes. They can teach it in their classes. They can voice it in their communities. They must be the teachers and the guardians of their daughters. When you save a girl, you save generations. I see this as one bright shining hope in a world that is marching toward moral self-destruction.

The happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others.

We need to build and strengthen one another. We must never lose sight of the fact that we are to "succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees." (D&C 81:5)

Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally.That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world.

the primary goal of salvation: an eschatological people, who together live the life of the future in the present age as they await the final consummation.

Truly Christian conduct is not predicated on whether I have the right to do something, but whether my conduct is helpful to those about me.

God is not simply saving diverse individuals and preparing them for heaven; rather he is creating a people for his name, among whom God can dwell and who in their life together will reproduce God's life and character in all its unity and diversity.