Quotes about Community
You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.
— Nelson Mandela
The artist...is the voice of the people.
— Alice Walker
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
— William James
The bigger the crowd, the more negligible the individual.
— Carl Jung
We must want for others, not ourselves alone.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's often vocal sanction of things as they are.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit? No, but so that your abundance might supply the lack of others.
— St. John Chrysostom
What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.
— Joel Osteen
One thing I can tell you is you have to be free. Come together, right now, over me.
— John Lennon
Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than individuals.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.