3,462 Quotes About Community

  • Author Gaylord Nelson
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    If we human beings learn to see the intricacies that bind one part of a natural system to another and then to us, we will no longer argue about the importance of wilderness protection, or over the question of saving endangered species, or how human communities must base their economic futures - not on short-term exploitation - but on long-term, sustainable development.

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  • Author Gale Norton
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    improving wildland fire prevention and suppression, reducing hazardous fuels, restoring ecosystems and improving community assistance.

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  • Author Henri Nouwen
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    Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community.

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  • Author Holly Near
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    In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the world have been the true source of my education.

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  • Author Henri Nouwen
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    Community is the fruit of our capacity to make the interests of others more important than our own.

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  • Author Henri Nouwen
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    Community always calls us back to solitude, and solitude always calls us to community. Community and solitude, both, are essential elements of ministry and witnessing.

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  • Author Janet Napolitano
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    Well, you know, the violence is mostly in Mexico itself, at least the violence that people are worried about. And so we want to make sure that violence does not spill over into our communities that are along the border.

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  • Author Janet Napolitano
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    We have at least 125 communities in Arizona at risk from wildfire, not because of review processes or litigation delays but because of a lack of federal funding on the ground to actually begin the projects.

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