Quotes About Community

Kun kaverilla on monta lakkia ja tältä kaverilta meni ainoa, kai kaveri on sen verran kaveri, että antaa yhden monistaan kaverille.

the mission of the church is not to "spread the church but to spread the kingdom";

An ethnic community that rebels for independence must stand on its own feet in economic life. It is a truism that only such an ethnic community can enjoy independence.

Anticarb sentiment in the endurance sports community is an ideological spillover from the weight-loss diet culture.

We are thirteen, almost fourteen, and these streets of Sea Cliff are ours.

We are thirteen, almost fourteen, and these streets of Sea Cliff are ours. We walk these streets to our school perched high over the Pacific and we run these streets to the beaches, which are cold, windswept, full of fishermen and freaks. We know these wide streets and how they slope, how they curve toward the short, and we know their houses.

At college, more than anywhere else, one was likely to make the friendships that supported one through life.

But this is so no longer, and never will be again, since man's inventions have eliminated so much distance and time; for better, for worse, we are now each of us part of the surge and swell of great economic and political movements, and whatever we do, as individuals or as nations, deeply affects everyone else.

inventions have eliminated so much of distance and time; for better, for worse, we are now each of us part of the surge and swell of great economic and political movements, and whatever we do, as individuals or as nations, deeply affects everyone else.

People's live were entirely their own, perhaps--and more justifiably,--when the world seemed enormous, and all its comings and goings were slow and deliberate. But this is no longer, and never will be again, since man's inventions have eliminated so much of distance and time; for better, for worse, we are now each of us part of the surge and swell of great economic and political movements, and whatever we do, as individuals or as nations, deeply affects everyone else.

Friends were another thing Miss Breathitt believed in and thought wonderful. Friends, she said, improved talents and happiness and all of us should take care to make some.

I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.

The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.

A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don't let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip.

The only thing faster than the speed of thought is the speed of forgetfulness. Good thing we have other people to help us remember.

The weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together.

In the end, what matters most in life are the depth of your relationships with friends and family; and the sheer number of people you've helped along the way. These represent true measures of wealth. Financial wealth, then, is seen as a resource for fostering your relationships.

Your contribution to the community of "gazelles" is greatly appreciated.

I will explain in this book that vaccines are given not to protect individuals against disease but to protect communities against financial loss.)

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other

I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me--they, and the love and loyaty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.

Because I'm not a white boy, I'm not white enough for white folks. And because I wasn't born into the middle class, I'm not completely accepted by the mainstream. And sometimes, if you can believe it, I'm not ghetto enough for the mainstream or middle class enough for the ghetto or black enough for white folks!