Quotes About Community

Bak Tolgonay, sen ve ben kim idik? Halk?m?z sayesinde büyüyüp adam olmad?k m?? Öyleyse iyi ve kara günlerde beraber olaca??z, mutlulu?u da, felaketi de payla?mas?n? bilece?iz. Her ?ey yolundayken biz de halimizden memnunduk, ?imdi bir felaketle kar?? kar??ya isek, herkes kendi ba??n?n çaresine baks?n diyemeyiz ya.

A kinsman in trouble had to be saved, not blamed; anger against a brother was felt in the flesh, not in the bone.

If I write novels in a country in which most citizens are illiterate, who then is my community?

If one finger brings oil it soils the others.

Despite the daunting problems of identity that beset our contemporary society, we can see in the horizon the beginnings of a new relationship between artist and community which will not flourish like the mango-trick in the twinkling of an eye but will rather, in the hard and bitter manner of David Diop's young tree, grow patiently and obstinately to the ultimate victory of liberty and fruition.

Where I come from in the Eastern Region, life is still -- well, things are changing very fast but if one is interested, one can still see signs of what life used to look like.

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.

Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

Some powerful defining moments contain all four elements. Think of YES Prep's Senior Signing Day: the ELEVATION of students having their moment onstage, the INSIGHT of a sixth grader thinking That could be me, the PRIDE of being accepted to college, and the CONNECTION of sharing the day with an arena full of thousands of supportive people. (See the footnote for a mnemonic to remember this framework for defining moments.)

A friend of a friend . . ." Have you ever noticed that our friends' friends have much more interesting lives than our friends themselves?

community for bright spots—successful efforts worth emulating.

It's rude to make people feel they're being excluded from a conversation.

In this entire book, you might not find a single statement that is so rigorously supported by empirical research as this one: You are doing things because you see your peers do them.

If an atomic bomb fell on Raleigh, it wouldn't be news in Benson unless some of the debris and ashes fell on Benson.

he didn't need to create new believers so much as he needed to unleash the believers he already had.

CONNECTION: Defining moments are social:

they'd saved 122,300 lives—the equivalent of throwing a life preserver to every man, woman, and child in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

It's easier to persevere on a long journey when you're traveling with a herd.

CONNECTION: Defining moments are social: weddings, graduations, baptisms, vacations, work triumphs

These moments are strengthened because we share them with others.

Programs that reduce drug use employ interactive methods, while ineffective programs don't.

Sternin's strategy was to search the community for bright spots—successful efforts worth emulating. If some kids were healthy despite their