Quotes about Community

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

Far too often, we have limited the definition of the Church. While not in all cases, in many cases, 'Church' has become an informational, inspirational weekly gathering rather than the group of people that God has ordained from Heaven to operate on his behalf on Earth in order to bring Heaven's viewpoint into history.

Every day there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home, or will be in the foreclosure process and potentially lose their home. And that always weighed heavily on my mind.

Nothing is more bothersome to me than retiring. Weird things happen when you disengage; first you get negative, then you start telling people about your latest surgeries, and eventually you lose touch. I want to stay in touch.

Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they're all welcome, because to me, church is a place you're supposed to get healed and whole and loved.

There are no kinder, more generous, more welcoming, more hospitable people in America than in the 92 counties of Indiana.