Quotes about Community
They meet in church basements and offer bandages to those wounded by the shrapnel of exploding families.
— Margaret Atwood
Five members of the heretical sect of Quakers have been arrested, he says, smiling blandly, and more arrests are anticipated.
— Margaret Atwood
The older women, the married ones and the widows, wear black clothes and no makeup, as I used to do. When I was in the later months of pregnancy, they would smile at me, as if I was almost one of them. Now they smile at Sarah first.
— Margaret Atwood
Florida's not the hick town you keep saying it is," says Reynolds. "Times have changed; they've got good universities now and a great book festival! Thousands of people come to it!
— Margaret Atwood
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
— Margaret Mead
My father prayed because he had a good friend with whom to share the problems of the day.
— Corrie Ten Boom
Come ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of Harvest-home!
— Henry Ford
We can lift ourselves, and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude.
— Thomas Monson
Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we're still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves.
— Barack Obama
Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.
— Amy Grant
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.
— Mother Teresa
...Intelligence and character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce something valuable for the community.
— Albert Einstein