“You don't need 30 million people to listen to your podcast. If 10,000 people listen to your podcast, which is not a hard number to achieve, then 10,000 people are listening, and you can build a community, and literally change the world just recording into a microphone.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsHardCommunityNumbersMillionsAchieveListeningChanging The WorldMicrophones Author:Chris Hardwick
“Quit counting fans, followers and blog subscribers like bottle caps. Think, instead, about what you're hoping to achieve with and through the community that actually cares about what you're doing.” ThinkingCareCommunityFansAchieveMarketingSocial MediaQuittingBottlesFollowersCountingBlogsCaps Author:Amber Naslund
“I want a military funeral when I diethe bugler, the flag on the casket, the ceremonial firing squad, the hallowed ground.... It will be a way of achieving what I've always wanted more than anythingsomething I could have had, if only I'd managed to get myself killed in the war.... The unqualified approval of my community.” IfsWayWantWarWantedDiesCommunityAchieveMilitaryFuneralFlagsApprovalFiringSquadUnqualifiedCasketsHallowed Ground Book:Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut Source: Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
“A true community consists of individuals - not mere species members, not couples - respecting each others individuality and privacy while at the same time interacting with each other mentally and emotionally - free spirits in free relation to each other - and co-operating with each other to achieve common ends. Traditionalists say the basic unit of "society" is the family; "hippies" say the tribe; noone says the individual.” EndsSpiritIndividualCommunityCommonAchieveCoupleMembersRelationMereSpeciesIndividualityPrivacyUnitsTribesHippieFree SpiritInteractingScum Author:Valerie Solanas
“In leadership writ large, mutually agreed upon purposes help people achieve consensus, assume responsibility, work for the common good, and build community.” PeopleHelpingPurposeCommunityCommonResponsibilityAchieveAssumingInitiativeConsensusCommon Good Author:Joseph C. Rost
“The ultimate solution is not in the hands of the government. The solution falls on each and every individual, with guidance from family, friends and community. The #1 responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow. This is of greater importance than working on changing the government; that is secondary to promoting a virtuous society. If we can achieve this, then the government will change.” IfsHandsGovernmentFallIndividualCommunityResponsibilityGreaterAchieveSolutionsUltimateImportanceGuidanceVirtuousPromotingFamily Friends Author:Ron Paul
“Individuals will achieve healthier lifestyles when prevention and wellness programs are accessible and available in their workplace, through their health provider, and in their communities.” IndividualCommunityAchieveProgramAvailableLifestyleWellnessWorkplacePreventionProviders Author:Rob Wittman
“Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.” YearsCommunityFourAchieveExerciseProgramAddDietsLongevitySupplementsFaith Based Author:Dan Buettner
“Opposing what's wrong is a halfway measure at best. A rebel must also have a vision for something better, a strategy for moving toward that vision and a capacity to rally and join with others in achieving it. If the anger that drives rebellion is not transformed into the hope that inspires movement communities, it will do more harm than good.” IfsMovingCommunityVisionAchieveMovementInspireCapacityStrategyHarmRebellionRebelTransformedHalfwaySomething BetterOpposing Author:Parker J. Palmer
“Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.” TryingBelieveRealWisdomRealityTodayOpportunityPoliticsI BelievePresidentCommunityChallengesLeadershipDifferencesJusticeResponsibilityHistoryTechnologyViolenceGenerationsAchievePolicyConflictWeaponsSpringSolutionsEthicsProgramTestsStrategyUnityProfoundHuman RightsNuclearPeacefulIdeologyChiefsIranResolveForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsDiplomacyCivilityCommandersComprehensiveSettlementObtainingCommander In ChiefArab Spring Author:Barack Obama
“man is by nature designed to live in the polis, the highest form of koinonia, community; that is man's end or goal if he achieves the full potentiality of his nature.” IfsMenEndsFormGoalCommunityAchieveHighestPolis Author:Moses Finley
“You cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses.” EnoughBigsCommunityMistakeAchieveBlameEndureWorthyReverseUndertakings Book:The Law of Success Source: The Law of Success
“In the name of economy a thousand wasteful devices would be invented; and in the name of efficiency new forms of mechanical time-wasting would be devised: both processes gained speed through the nineteenth century and have come close to the limit of extravagant futility in our own time. But labor-saving devices could only achieve their end-that of freeing mankind for higher functions-if the standard of living remained stable. The dogma of increasing wants nullified every real economy and set the community in a collective squirrel-cage.” IfsWantRealEndsWould BeFormNamesProcessCommunityEconomyAchieveMankindCenturyHigherThousandLimitsStandardsLaborFunctionSpeedSavingCollectivesDevicesWasting TimeStableDogmaEfficiencyConsumerismCagesNineteenth CenturyFutilityOverconsumptionExtravagantStandards Of LivingSquirrels Author:Lewis Mumford
“Russell Means is quite a legend in the Indian community for what he's been able to achieve. It was a real honor to work with a guy who's been on the front lines of fighting for what he believes in.” BelieveMeanRealAbleGuyFightingCommunityLinesAchieveFrontsHonorIndianLegends Author:Karl Urban
“A crucial turning point in that earlier history occurred when men and women of good will turned aside from the task of shoring up the Roman imperium and ceased to identify the continuation of civility and moral community with the maintenance of that imperium. What they set themselves out to achieve instead - often not recognizing fully what they were doing - was the construction of new forms of community within which the moral life could be sustained so that both morality and civility might survive the coming age of barbarism and darkness.” MenMightAgeFormCommunityMoralDarknessAchieveMoralityMen And WomenTasksCrucialConstructionRecognizingGood WillCivilityMaintenanceTurning PointsBarbarismContinuationMoral Life Author:Alasdair MacIntyre
“In the so-called civilized world, children are physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused; they are the leaders of our future. When children are raised in such a hostile and violent environment, how can we hope for a harmonious future for all people of this world? In this light, the purpose of human life is to achieve our own spiritual evolution, to get rid of negativity, to establish harmony among our physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual quadrants, to learn to live in harmony within the family, community, nation, ..treating all of mankind as brothers and sisters.” PeopleWorldHumansChildrenLightSpiritualLife IsPurposeNationsCommunityLeaderEnvironmentAchieveMankindThis WorldEmotionalBrotherEvolutionIntellectualHarmonyRaisedViolentHuman LifeCivilizedOur FutureNegativityBrothers And SistersHostileHarmoniousSexuallySpiritual Evolution Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“I think, for one, the LGBTQ community is just a paragon of leadership, of standing up and saying "these are our rights, and we deserve them." As a model of activism, it's so wonderful what the community has been able to achieve towards goals like marriage equality.” ThinkingHas BeensAbleGoalCommunityRightsWonderfulAchieveModelsDeserveStandingActivismMarriage EqualityParagon Author:Jill Stein
“[I was raised in] West Texas where people can dream big dreams and achieve them. But where people also have a great sense of community. They cared about their neighbors. And those values, I think, have stood me well.” PeopleThinkingWellsDreamBigsValuesCommunityAchieveWestRaisedNeighborTexasWest Texas Author:George W. Bush
“[Steven] Lerner said that unions and community organizations are, for all intents and purposes, dead. The only way to achieve their goals, therefore - the redistribution of wealth and the return of '$17 trillion' stolen from the middle class by Wall Street - is to 'destabilize the country.” WaySaidCountryPurposeGoalCommunityWealthClassStreetsMiddleAchieveWallReturnOrganizationUnionsMiddle ClassStolenRedistribution Of Wealth Author:Rush Limbaugh
“"Triennale in the City" is a scheme that is of priority for the sponsoring local government. For many local governments, revitalization is an important mission for the local community, and, therefore, the attitude to achieve this mission through the cultural and/or artistic activities should not be denied.” ShouldImportantGovernmentCommunityCitiesAttitudeAchieveActivityMissionsPrioritiesLocalsArtisticDeniedSchemesLocal GovernmentLocal CommunityRevitalization Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“The international community has been extracting concessions from the weaker side suffering under the occupation. For decades, this strategy has done absolutely nothing for the Palestinians. Now they are demanding that Hamas go the same route. We will not accept that. Extracting concessions is not the key to achieving peace. Pressure must be exerted on the occupier.” DoneSufferingCommunityAcceptingAchieveStrategyPalestinianHamas Author:Khaled Mashal
“I do not think Syria can achieve international recognition in the future - even if they work through a successful political process, you know, the international community simply is not going to accept a Syria led by the Assad regime.” ThinkingPoliticalCommunityAcceptingSuccessfulAchieveRecognitionSyria Author:Rex W. Tillerson