Quotes About Community

When a group of people sing together, we make up a chorus. When birds do, it's more like a whole symphony orchestra.

Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves

It isn't such a bad thing to always know that someone on the other side of the world cares about you.

I believe and have heard from many people that one of the hardest asks anyone can make is to ask for help. When you do that, your request can make people feel helpless, out of control, less than, or irresponsible. We have the tendency to judge ourselves by looking around and seeing and hearing other people coping with life just fine without asking for help.

El que compta són els lligams; el que fa cambiar les coses són els lligams. Al final, els lligams són l'únic que queda.

Soy una guerrera, pero eso no es lo habitual en mi pueblo. Los ángeles somos, fundamentalmente, observadores. No intervenimos en asuntos humanos salvo cuando éstos amenazan con alterar el equilibrio.

Let me remind you, this is a community property state, Josh. And let me also remind you that hiding assets during a divorce is a serious offense! Oh, wait! But you're a lawyer, so I guess you already knew that. Too bad you won't be able to plead ignorance when I take you back to court!" Josh

We figure he is the people's horse, and we propose to train him in the open.

As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that things truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.

Be in the World, Not of the World—Kind of like Lucky Charms cereal: there are lots of pretty marshmallows in with the cereal, but they're not the same. So live with the cereal, but remember: you're a pretty marshmallow.

There are no real Californians. There are only people who live there and people who don't.

It is one of the oddities of life in Maryland that no single supermarket can serve a household's entire needs.

It turned out that the United States was a desperately lonely place, where everyone had been worrying that a single missed phone call might change one's destiny.

Towns That Love Sports Too Much, and the Greedy Team Owners Who Use Them. "So please

Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.

Este crimen se impone como un espejo, y el monstruo que allí se refleja tiene la cara del país entero.

Frankie had no idea that too many people believed you could be from a right place or a wrong one.

You will see the world. You will have love affairs with boys who see past a pretty face. You will be strong. You will call and tell me all about it. And then I will crow to the neighbors and make them all jealous.

On the boardwalk the arcade jukebox plays all night surrounded by teenagers--sometimes twenty bodies deep, bare-skinned and full of energy for the music, for one another, for life, for the little bit of freedom they taste in the salt air and their skin. My father finds his place in this crowd. They are a force together. They don't do drugs. They don't drink. But they do music, and their power comes from their numbers and the thrill of being young on the beach at night.

So, each week, take one evening (or an equivalent number of hours) off from family and work responsibilities and do something that makes life feel meaningful and fun. This evening or block of weekend time can be spent as you wish, but ideally, it features a commitment to an activity, like playing on a softball team, being part of a community drama troupe, or, like Hannah, going to a regular meet-up with specific people for a specific purpose.

Why we all need a night off I developed this rule because I have seen the difference it makes in my own life, a difference not dissimilar from the glow Hannah developed. I love to sing. So I've made a habit of seeking out community choirs wherever I live. After moving to New York City in 2002, I joined three ensembles as a way to get my work-from-home-self dressed and out of the apartment at least three evenings per week.

26. Es bueno usar el tiempo en la gente.

The way I see it, anything you do once a week happens often enough to be important to you, whether it's church, a strategic thinking session at work, your Sunday dinner with your parents, or your softball team practice.

Being user friendly doesn't mean you're going to be loved.