Community Quotes

"We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect." "I’d rather have the thieves than the neighbors—the thieves don't impose. Thieves just want your things; neighbors want your time" "You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you" "We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams" "We build too many walls and not enough bridges" "Success is best when it's shared" "When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible" "Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us." "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much" "It takes a village to raise a child" "For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others" "It's just a group of people who care, Roy. Not unlike folks at a hip-hop concert whose hands are not in the air." "The greatest leaders are those who serve others selflessly." "Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving." "Each of us owes someone. We all benefit by reaching out and helping others." "To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with." "It’s in my blood to be around people while I was training." "If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?" "Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors." "When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will"