Quotes about Community
The message sent to one is truly sent to all because everyone is a "one," and they know that if you treat one that way, all it takes is a change of circumstances and you'll treat them that way, too.
— Stephen Covey
Interdependence is the paradigm of we—we can do it; we can cooperate; we can combine our talents and abilities and create something greater together.
— Stephen Covey
It is the love and the discipline of the one student, the one child, that communicates love for the others. It's how you treat the one that reveals how you regard the ninety-nine, because everyone is ultimately a one.
— Stephen Covey
Our home is a place of fun, relaxation, learning, friends, growth, and order, to develop ourselves into the kinds of people who can contribute to the world.
— Stephen Covey
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die. For the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.
— Stephen Covey
As an interdependent person, I have the opportunity to share myself deeply, meaningfully, with others, and I have access to the vast resources and potential of other human beings. Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make.
— Stephen Covey
Family itself is a "we" experience, a "we" mentality. And admittedly, the movement from "me" to "we"—from independence to interdependence—is perhaps one of the most challenging and difficult aspects of family life.
— Stephen Covey
Businesses, community groups, organizations of every kind—including families—can be proactive. They can combine the creativity and resourcefulness of proactive individuals to create a proactive culture within the organization.
— Stephen Covey
God's big plan: go love everybody, always!
— Bob Goff
We lead our lives well when we love God with our whole being and when we love neighbors as we (properly) love ourselves.
— Miroslav Volf
One glorious chain of love, of giving and receiving, unites all creatures.
— Samson Raphael Hirsch
It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors.
— Catherine of Siena