“I believe we all have different ways we came to the gay community and we can't and shouldn't be pigeon-holed into one cultural narrative which can be uninclusive and disempowering.” WayBelieveDifferentI BelieveCommunityGayNarrativeDifferent WaysPigeonsGay Community Author:Cynthia Nixon
“If you believe you can make a difference, then you will make a difference. Believe in yourself, your family and your community and you will win.” IfsBelieveWinningCommunityDifferencesMaking A DifferenceBelieve In YourselfIf You BelieveBelieve You CanYou Can Make A Difference Author:Lindsay Fox
“To have a strong community of people who believe in your potential can make all the difference in the world. So many people have invested in me and I want to do the same for Chicago’s teens.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveStrongCommunityDifferencesChicagoTeensBelieve In YouStrong Community Author:Derrick Rose
“I believe that a country's first duty is to set its own house in order; and having set its own house in order, it can contribute better to the community of the world. Instead of being a weak link, it should be a strong link.” WorldShouldFirstsBelieveCountryOrderHouseStrongI BelieveCommunityDutyWeakLinksCooperation Author:George Cadle Price
“Our present stress on growth and productivity is, I believe, intimately related to the decline in rootedness. Faced with loneliness and vulnerability that come with deprivation of a securely encompassing community, we have sought to quell the vulnerability through our possessions.” BelieveI BelieveGrowthCommunitySimpleLonelinessStressPossessionProductivityVulnerabilityRelatedDeclineSimple LivingDeprivationRootedness Author:Paul L Wachtel
“When we let go of believing we are superior, we open ourselves to the experience of living in the community of Nature.” LifeInspirationalBelieveCommunityInspirational LifeLetting GoSuperiorsPaganismPagan Book:The Druid Animal Oracle Source: The Druid Animal Oracle
“To me, an economy that sees the life of a community or a place as expendable, and reckons its value only in terms of money, is not acceptable because it is not realistic. I am thinking as I believe we must think if we wish to discuss the best uses of people, places, and things, and if we wish to give affection some standing in our thoughts.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingBelieveUseValuesI BelieveWishTermCommunityEconomyStandingAffectionRealisticAcceptableConsumerismOur ThoughtsOverconsumptionExpendables Book:What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth Source: What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth
“Before a community can prosper, the people must believe in their leaders. They must know that at the core of every decision is careful planning, hard work, and unbending integrity rather than partisanship or self-gain. They must trust that the awesome power of government is not being abused.” PeopleKnowsBelieveSelfHardGovernmentCommunityDecisionLeaderHard WorkIntegrityGainsCarefulCorePlanningPartisanshipCareful Planning Author:Linda Lingle
“We know that children need help to read, and the best time to start them reading is very young. We believe that when children see adults from all walks of life and from throughout the community reading to them, that is another opportunity for children to see the importance of reading.” KnowsNeedsBelieveChildrenHelpingYoungReadingOpportunityCommunityWalksAdultsImportanceBest TimesNeed HelpWalks Of LifeImportance Of ReadingAnother Opportunity Author:Jane Bown
“You have to believe in who you are and what difference you can make. You have to care about the urgency and the difference it will make to your community, and you have to, again, have confidence in the contribution that you can make. You believe, you care, you have confidence in the difference that you can make. And that's not to be egotistical, it's just to be confident.” BelieveCareCommunityDifferencesWho You AreContributionUrgencyHave ConfidenceEgotisticalBe Confident Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Journalism is the closest thing I have to a religion, because I believe deeply in the role and responsibility the journalists have to the people of a self-governing community.” PeopleBelieveSelfI BelieveCommunityResponsibilityRolesJournalismJournalistClosestGoverningRoles And Responsibilities Author:Bill Kovach
“We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. Fear and anger can make us vindictive and abusive, unjust and unfair, until we all suffer from the absence of mercy and we condemn ourselves as much as we victimize others. The closer we get to mass incarceration and extreme levels of punishment, the more I believe it's necessary to recognize that we all need mercy, we all need justice, and-perhaps-we all need some measure of unmerited grace.” PeopleNeedsBelieveStatesSufferingI BelieveNationsCommunityJusticeLevelsCompassionGraceMassMercyExtremesAbsencePunishmentUnfairUnjustDecencyAbusiveIncarcerationVindictiveMass IncarcerationMistreated Author:Bryan Stevenson