Quotes About Community

Antes de alguém viver, a vida, em si mesma, não é nada; é quem é a vive que deve dar-lhe um sentido; e o valor nada mais que constatar-se, assim, que é possível criar uma comunidade humana.

Un roi doit avoir les mêmes souvenirs que ses sujets.

Poetry is the work of the bard and of the people who inspire him.

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

Life is about work. Work is about life. And both are about people.

My family has spent 400 years farming on the banks of the Rio Grande. We know the value of hard work, love of the community, love for water and land.

Sell-sell-sell sales methods simply do not work on social media.

To be honest like when you work at something for a long time and then coming to a family of people who support what you do hmm... you are very lucky!

The diiference is that in the private sector you work for yourself, and as Prime Minister I work for every single Haitian - inside Haiti and outside - and for all those who love Haiti as well.

There is a natural partnership between State and Commerce, and the American business community to work together to educate the United States about marketing overseas.

Work needs to be a reflection of your social values. You are how you work!

Civilization is a work of peaceful co-operation.

We find the general work of mankind is being carried on from day to day by the mass of people acting in harmony as if by instinct. If they were instinctively violent, the world would end in no time.

[It] is impossible for us to establish a living vital connection with the masses unless we will work for them, through them and in their midst, not as their patrons but as their servants.

The advantage that hospitals have over other institutions is that hospitals are community-based. You can't outsource your work; you can't move your emergency department to Pakistan.

I just focus on my work with inner-city kids, and in my community, and on my philanthropic work.

Sure, things could always have been done better, but I just wish people would drop their political hammers for a few weeks, as happened in 2001, and work on the problem at hand

You keep plugging away--that's the way social change takes place. That's the way every social change in history has taken place: by a lot of people, who nobody ever heard of, doing work.

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young

With the Internet, you can get lots of info in advance, but a local person who knows how to work the system is invaluable.

We need diversity in our population to make it work.

Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's worthy. And then see what happens. That's my advice.

Too often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church. Do you not see? Prayer IS the work of the church.

Sometimes you can be lucky enough to establish a working relationship with another artist who takes away the loneliness, particularly in travel and outdoor work.