Quotes About Community

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

It takes collaboration across a community to develop better skills for better lives.

You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it.

The support of my mother has made such a difference in my life, sacrificing everything to make sure that we went to school, did our homework, got an education. That was one person supporting me, and it takes more than one person in our community to help raise our children.

I love sports because it takes me away from reality, and I tell people, 'No matter how bad your life is, if you are having problems at home, you are having problems at work, that's the beauty of sports.'

It takes a caring community to raise a child that will be a whole person and a contributing citizen.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

Being a barber is about taking care of the people.

There is an important message that all political leaders should be taking from the response to coronavirus, and that is that people are prepared to make hard choices for the common good.

You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.

People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.

I think there needs to be a global focus on people taking care of people.

Work is the way we contribute to society, part of a reciprocal social contract - the giving of our effort and our taking when in need - that holds our society together. We work, we build our society, and we share in its prosperity.

I have great respect for the LDS church - their commitment to family and taking care of each other is exemplary. I just don't believe the tenets of the faith that they believe.

I believe that by taking action together, we can create a safer future for our loved ones.

A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. Abortion apologists will say this is because they want to serve the poor. You don't serve the poor, however, by taking their money to terminate their children.

If you are a chef, you have an incredible responsibility in this world. Don't just open a restaurant to serve food. Include the community, and make sure that you are not taking advantage of what the planet has given us.

I have a bold plan to break from the Bloomberg years, and end the 'Tale of Two Cities' by providing real opportunity to all New Yorkers, no matter where they live.

People talk about places like Mumbai as a tale of two cities, as if the rich and poor don't have anything to do with each other.

You have this fairy tale of 'life on your own.' It's so awesome. Until the apartment floods, or something happens, and your go-to people aren't there.

The real 'Lord of the Flies' is a tale of friendship and loyalty; one that illustrates how much stronger we are if we can lean on each other.

There is a lot of talent in our slums.

I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.