Quotes about Interdependence
The roles we play in each other's lives are only as powerful as the trust and connection between us--the protection, safety, and caring we are willing to share.
— Oprah Winfrey
Many times a day I realize how much my own life is built upon the labors of my fellowmen, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.
— Albert Einstein
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
— Samuel Johnson
God without us will not as we without God cannot.
— St. Augustine
All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.
— John 17:10
It is important that we learn humility, which says there was someone else before me who paid for me. My responsibility is to prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who is yet to come."- Maya Angelou
— Maya Angelou
The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world…. The reason is obvious. In a large community we can choose our companions. In a small community our companions are chosen for us.
— Philip Yancey
Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
— St. Augustine
Man is not meant to live alone.
— Dorothy Day
"I" cannot reach fulfillment without "thou." The self cannot be self without other selves. Self-concern without other-concern is like a tributary that has no outward flow to the ocean.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.
— Wayne Dyer
For the strength of the pack is the wolf; and the strength of the wolf is the pack." —Rudyard Kipling
— John Wooden