Quotes About Community

A missionary church cannot rely on the professional ministry for the primary work of mission. The role of the laity is critical because it is the lay members of the church who have the greatest contact with those who are outside of the normal structures of church life. In such a situation the task of clergy is not so much to engage in mission themselves, as to support the laity in their mission.

You have to do it by yourself, And you can't do it alone.

Food tells you everything about the way people live and who they are.

Human evolution has ceased because in the modern world, no one is really isolated from the rest of humanity.

Inequality, in other words, is precisely the principle upon which their social life is based and is made possible.

I've always thought that a little judicious hospitality was an essential lubricant in most human affairs.

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

I hope to meet many of you at my signings, and I look forward to saying hello to you all. Take care and God bless, Martina x

Show me the company you keep and I'll tell you what you are." Never was a truer word said!

Charity and beating begins at home. John Fletcher, 1579-1625, Wit Without Money

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The East End had a saying: 'If you get a capture, hold your hand up.

It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry.

In any small town, sports are really important to the high school, and I wasn't very good at sports.

How had I never noticed before how dear she was? How dear, in fact, was everyone in my village, and every house and tree and garden. How comforting the whisper of the wheel of the mill, the clanging of the smith's hammer, the lowing of the cattle, the laughter of the women.

In the republic of poetry, poets rent a helicopter to bombard the national palace with poems on bookmarks, and everyone in the courtyard rushes to grab a poem fluttering from the sky, blinded by weeping.

We just go where we want to go, do what we want to do, and become who we want to become. We want to be unique, but we want to be unique in groups. We want to stand out, but we want to stand out together. In the age of easy group-forming, the basic unit of measurement is not the segment but the tribe.

There's a growing recognition that the great advances of the future will come not from a single man or woman, but from the concentrated effort of a group. The operating principle today is, "None of us are as smart as all of us." Yet to activate the creativity of a group—whether it's a team, a company, a community, or a nation—we'll need to bring our best selves to the party.

There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.

One who practices pure religion soon discovers it is more rewarding to lift a man up than to hold him down.

Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars!

Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of looking the other way as their communities fell apart.

Steady the feet of those who stumble and extend your hands to the sick. Feed the hungry and give rest to the weary. Awaken those who wish to arise and rouse those who sleep, for you embody vigorous understanding. If what is strong acts like this, it becomes even stronger.

In a world filled with people, some happy, others like me, I feel so all alone.