Quotes About Community

I believe business has to do well and that the surrounding communities do well.

Surrounding yourself with people who are actively and enthusiastically working toward their best futures will keep you moving toward your own goals.

We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger - or this week in San Bernardino by fear - and channel some of that to honor our common humanity and love each other.

I honestly don't have a lot of friends that are actors. Most of my friends I've known since sixth grade and are out of the industry. It gives me a sense of reality rather than surrounding myself with a bunch of actors.

My parents never forced things on my brother and me: not our faith, not our sports, not our friends. Yet they taught us about surrounding ourselves with the right people: the kind of people we want to be.

Police departments are always a reflection of the society that they serve. Is there such a thing as 'police culture?' Absolutely. Is that culture isolated form the surrounding society? Absolutely not.

We live by our values at Levo. We began by surrounding ourselves with passionate, values-driven people who had their intentions in the right place, and learned that like attracted like.

We should relocate federal agencies throughout the United States, to provide an economic boost to the surrounding areas and make them feel more connected to their government.

I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.

We are what we see. We are products of our surroundings.

Some people don't have the right surroundings to help get them through an experimental time or a tough time.

I think you are always influenced by your surroundings and where you grow up. Your environment is always one of the things that shape you, and the music scene in Iceland was a very important factor in shaping me.

All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.

As of late, 'Boyz n the Hood' really impacted me because I grew up in that same neighborhood. It was the first time I saw a true reflection of me, my neighborhood and my surroundings.

It's a very important part of my life: parents and church - and your surroundings.

Supporting other girls and other women in your surroundings - it could be anything, not necessarily music - it is you giving back to the world.

I don't think I related to the Irish Catholic surroundings that was my environment when I was growing up.

Patriotism is a feeling that grows as you become conscious of your surroundings.

I feel anxious for my children because tomorrow, if a mob surrounds them and asks, 'Are you a Hindu or a Muslim?' they will have no answer.

Hmm, the best thing about being in the NFL? In America it's the No.1 sport; it's exciting, fun, so to me the best thing is the buzz that surrounds football on and off the field.

London and the surrounds are a great place to be. It is a great part of the world.

Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control.

Local law enforcement agencies, national police authorities, and other state-operated surveillance has created a hostile environment for communities at the margins.

Surveys often show people would prefer a detached house with a lawn and driveway to an apartment. I understand this. It's not my place to presume to tell people where they can live. But perhaps that dream will simply not be possible in the future.