Quotes about Community

There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame, I don't get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers.

My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.

True success is when you reach back and bring somebody along with you.

You need to be around people who know more than you and have more talent than you. Don't be intimidated by them; be inspired.

It's so important for you to get around people who will stir up those seeds of greatness. Don't surround yourself with naysayers. Life is too short to hang around negative, critical, cynical, skeptical, judgmental, small-minded, jealous people. . . . Did I leave out anything?

will build you up, people who will celebrate your victories, not people who will criticize and be jealous any time you succeed.

Who you associate with makes a difference in how far you go in life.

You need to associate with people that inspire you, people that challenge you to rise higher, people that make you better. Don't waste your valuable time with people that are not adding to your growth. Your destiny is too important.

All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. ACTS 2:44—45

Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. ROMANS 13:10

You don't have to hide. You don't have to pretend, worry about what people will think. Everyone is dealing with something. There's no shame in saying, "I need help. I'm struggling; I'm hurting; I'm broken.

Here's a key, pulling someone else down will never make you rise higher. Let's be people that celebrate success, that learn from those that are ahead, that honor people that have been blessed.