Quotes about Community
Ministry in no way is a privilege...it is the core of the Christian life. No Christian is a Christian without being a minister.
- Henri Nouwen
It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.
- Henri Nouwen
Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
- Jimmy Carter
No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
- Booker T. Washington
So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In other words to live Eternal Life in the full and final sense is to be with God as Christ is with him, and with each other as Christ is with us.
- Frederick Buechner
The way not to lead a monotonous life is to live for others.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
While the right friends are near us, we feel that all is well. Our everyday life blossoms suddenly into bright possibilities.
- Helen Keller
I truly feel that food is a celebration of life. It's the most important, most valuable gift that God gave humans.
- Jeff Henderson
Lavish giving and open homes are close to the center of life in Christ.
- John Piper
From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other.
- Albert Einstein