3,462 Quotes About Community

The emphasis on doing everything together, rather than on the individualistic 'I can do it myself, thank you,' creates strong bonds to family and community. Decisions are made within the group setting.

I didnt always have things, but I had people. I had a mother and a father who I would match against any other. [...] I had friends who would leap in front of a bus for me. You need to know that I was loved, that whatever my lack of religious feeling, I have always loved my people and that broad love is directly related to the specific love I feel for you.

It was they who taught me that a conversation even between strangers could be a gift and sport of sorts, a chance for warmth, banter, blessings, humor, that spoken words could be fire at which you warmed yourself.

It’s this place, this wretched place, where they never stop watching, where they never stop judging. It makes monsters out of us.

One thing I have seen spread faster than coronavirus: Connection – with family, friends, and our communities.

As a community, we still emphasized the importance of familial ties but finally understood that the definition of family wasn't about blood or even who or what you'd lost. It was about what gave you hope and who was willing to get involved.

It’s clearer and clearer as I get older that sometimes people that you share blood with are not coming along with you on the ride.

Make sure your relationships are worth the investment.

There is strength in independence but there is power in community.