--- title: "29 Gang Quotes By Greg Boyle" description: "29 Gang quotes by Greg Boyle. Plus more from Greg Boyle and more Gang sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/greg-boyle-3692_gang_even-gang-members-imagine-a-future-that_2383100.png" --- > [Even gang members imagine a future that doesnt include gangs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/even-gang-members-imagine-a-future-that-doesnt-include-gangs/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/greg-boyle-3692_gang_even-gang-members-imagine-a-future-that_2383100.png) > [We ought not to demonize a single gang member, and we ought not to romanticize a single gang.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/we-ought-not-to-demonize-a-single-gang-member-and-we-ought-not-to/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/greg-boyle-3692_demonize_we-ought-not-to-demonize-a-single-gang-m_2505015.png) > [I have never seen a hopeful person join a gang.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-have-never-seen-a-hopeful-person-join-a-gang/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/greg-boyle-3692_gang_i-have-never-seen-a-hopeful-person-join_216217.png) > [Even gang members imagine a future that doesn't include gangs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/even-gang-members-imagine-a-future-that-doesn-t-include-gangs/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/greg-boyle-3692_even_even-gang-members-imagine-a-future-that_1510918.png) > [You can't reason with gang violence: you can't talk to it, sit it at the table, and negotiate with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/you-can-t-reason-with-gang-violence-you-can-t-talk-to-it-sit-it-at/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/greg-boyle-3692_crime_you-can-t-reason-with-gang-violence-you_177228.png) > [Me wanting a gang member to have a different life would never be the same as that gang member wanting to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/me-wanting-a-gang-member-to-have-a-different-life-would-never-be-the/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/greg-boyle-3692_different-life_me-wanting-a-gang-member-to-have-a-diffe_1045706.png) > [Anyone who knows gangs knows that lawmakers cannot conceive of a law that would lead a hard-core gang member to 'think twice.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/anyone-who-knows-gangs-knows-that-lawmakers-cannot-conceive-of-a-law/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/greg-boyle-3692_cannot_anyone-who-knows-gangs-knows-that-lawmak_3232808.png) > [What do we know to be true about gang violence? We know we will fail if we fixate on the symptoms and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/what-do-we-know-to-be-true-about-gang-violence-we-know-we-will-fail/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/greg-boyle-3692_be-true_what-do-we-know-to-be-true-about-gang-vi_3200562.png) > [In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/in-los-angeles-the-gang-capital-of-the-world-we-have-1-100-gangs-and/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/greg-boyle-3692_angeles_in-los-angeles-the-gang-capital-of-the-w_978702.png) > [The idea that any law enforcement agency or person would ever know these gang members better than Homeboy Industries is impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-idea-that-any-law-enforcement-agency-or-person-would-ever-know/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/greg-boyle-3692_gang_the-idea-that-any-law-enforcement-agency_156315.png) > [The employer is not going to choose the gang member who's just been released from prison: they're going to choose the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-employer-is-not-going-to-choose-the-gang-member-who-s-just-been/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/greg-boyle-3692_been_the-employer-is-not-going-to-choose-the_2663172.png) > [Gang members aren't frightened into acceptable behavior by increased penalties, enhanced punishments, and the promise of new detention facilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/gang-members-aren-t-frightened-into-acceptable-behavior-by-increased/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/greg-boyle-3692_behavior_gang-members-aren-t-frightened-into-acce_106286.png) > [I know now that gang warfare is not the Middle East or Northern Ireland. There is violence in gang violence, but there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-know-now-that-gang-warfare-is-not-the-middle-east-or-northern/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/greg-boyle-3692_conflict_i-know-now-that-gang-warfare-is-not-the_606438.png) > [In my barrio, jobs work and money saves lives. When I have had the funds to place a gang member on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/in-my-barrio-jobs-work-and-money-saves-lives-when-i-have-had-the/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/greg-boyle-3692_gang_in-my-barrio-jobs-work-and-money-saves-l_3226628.jpg) > [Like the suffering child, gang members act out of their despair, and their actions are all the more alarming now for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/like-the-suffering-child-gang-members-act-out-of-their-despair-and/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/greg-boyle-3692_children_like-the-suffering-child-gang-members-ac_1316803.jpg) > [Businesses have come and gone at Homeboy Industries. We have had starts and stops, but anything worth doing is worth failing at.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/businesses-have-come-and-gone-at-homeboy-industries-we-have-had/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdf/greg-boyle-3692_anything_businesses-have-come-and-gone-at-homeboy_798411.jpg) > [You prevent kids from joining gangs by offering after-school programs, sports, mentoring, and positive engagement with adults. You intervene with gang members…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/you-prevent-kids-from-joining-gangs-by-offering-after-school-programs/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/greg-boyle-3692_community_you-prevent-kids-from-joining-gangs-by-o_2968189.jpg) > [So complex are all the ingredients that cause gang membership that it seems virtually impossible to isolate one solution that can address…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/so-complex-are-all-the-ingredients-that-cause-gang-membership-that-it/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/greg-boyle-3692_future_so-complex-are-all-the-ingredients-that_2611053.png) > [I would hope that government officials have a healthy respect for the complexity of the gang problem. They should never lose sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-would-hope-that-government-officials-have-a-healthy-respect-for-the/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/greg-boyle-3692_gang_i-would-hope-that-government-officials-h_3173582.png) > [I do believe in lessons learned. I have learned that you work with gang members and not with gangs; otherwise, you enforce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-do-believe-in-lessons-learned-i-have-learned-that-you-work-with/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/greg-boyle-3692_believe_i-do-believe-in-lessons-learned-i-have-l_517149.jpg) > [Gangs are bastions of conditional love, and one of the ways to counteract it is to offer community, which will always trump…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/gangs-are-bastions-of-conditional-love-and-one-of-the-ways-to/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/greg-boyle-3692_always_gangs-are-bastions-of-conditional-love-a_1550827.png) > [I know two L.A.s. Half my life was around the house my folks had for 46 years at 3rd and Norton. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-know-two-l-a-s-half-my-life-was-around-the-house-my-folks-had-for/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/greg-boyle-3692_around_i-know-two-l-a-s-half-my-life-was-around_2205147.jpg) > [Homeboy Bakery is an alternative to kids who have found themselves, regrettably, in gangs and want to redirect their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/homeboy-bakery-is-an-alternative-to-kids-who-have-found-themselves/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/greg-boyle-3692_alternative_homeboy-bakery-is-an-alternative-to-kids_2306358.png) > [W a gang member, and especially in a Latino gang, gets jumped in, and then he's given a name, and he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/w-a-gang-member-and-especially-in-a-latino-gang-gets-jumped-in-and/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/greg-boyle-3692_being_w-a-gang-member-and-especially-in-a-lati_1370280.png) > [I work with gang members, and I feel a kind of affinity and gift, even. But who would've thunk it, you know?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-work-with-gang-members-and-i-feel-a-kind-of-affinity-and-gift-even/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/greg-boyle-3692_affinity_i-work-with-gang-members-and-i-feel-a-ki_596431.png) > [No kid is seeking anything when he joins a gang; he's always fleeing something. He's not being pulled; he's being pushed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/no-kid-is-seeking-anything-when-he-joins-a-gang-he-s-always-fleeing/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/greg-boyle-3692_always_no-kid-is-seeking-anything-when-he-joins_1304578.png) > [I founded Homeboy Industries in 1988 after I buried my first young person killed in our streets because of gang violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-founded-homeboy-industries-in-1988-after-i-buried-my-first-young/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/greg-boyle-3692_first_i-founded-homeboy-industries-in-1988-aft_2694598.png) > [People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/people-have-to-see-that-there-is-a-high-degree-of-complexity-about/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/greg-boyle-3692_about_people-have-to-see-that-there-is-a-high_1377777.png) > [We don't need a specialized gang unit. We need patrol officers who specialize in knowing their community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/we-don-t-need-a-specialized-gang-unit-we-need-patrol-officers-who/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/greg-boyle-3692_community_we-don-t-need-a-specialized-gang-unit-we_939127.png) ## Other authors on Gang ## More by Greg Boyle > [The truth is this: Brutalized, victimized children invariably will brutalize and victimize when they grow up. Is our only response to this the certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-truth-is-this-brutalized-victimized-children-invariably-will/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-don-t-save-people-god-saves-people-i-can-point-them-in-the-right/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [Gang members aren't frightened into acceptable behavior by increased penalties, enhanced punishments, and the promise of new detention facilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/gang-members-aren-t-frightened-into-acceptable-behavior-by-increased/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [The idea that any law enforcement agency or person would ever know these gang members better than Homeboy Industries is impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-idea-that-any-law-enforcement-agency-or-person-would-ever-know/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [You can't reason with gang violence: you can't talk to it, sit it at the table, and negotiate with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/you-can-t-reason-with-gang-violence-you-can-t-talk-to-it-sit-it-at/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [I have never seen a hopeful person join a gang.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-have-never-seen-a-hopeful-person-join-a-gang/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [Most citizens viewing the tape of Rodney G. King being beaten by police officers were stunned and uncomprehending. Most citizens, that is, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/most-citizens-viewing-the-tape-of-rodney-g-king-being-beaten-by/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [“On most days, if I'm true to myself, I just want to share my life with the poor, regardless of result. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/on-most-days-if-i-m-true-to-myself-i-just-want-to-share-my-life-with/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [The poor evangelize you about what's important and what is the Gospel, and that that's where the joy is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-poor-evangelize-you-about-what-s-important-and-what-is-the-gospel/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [“Leon Dufour, a world-renowned Jesuit theologian and Scripture scholar, a year before he died at ninety-nine, confided in a Jesuit who was caring for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/leon-dufour-a-world-renowned-jesuit-theologian-and-scripture-scholar/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [When the vastness of God meets the restriction of our own humanity, words can't hold it. The best we can do is find the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/when-the-vastness-of-god-meets-the-restriction-of-our-own-humanity/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [I spent the summers of 1984 and 1985 as an associate pastor at Dolores Mission Church, the poorest parish in the Los Angeles archdiocese.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/i-spent-the-summers-of-1984-and-1985-as-an-associate-pastor-at/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-margins-don-t-get-erased-by-simply-insisting-that-the-powers-that/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [It has become an accepted tenet that kids will rarely listen to their parents but seldom fail to imitate them. Communicating the message has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/it-has-become-an-accepted-tenet-that-kids-will-rarely-listen-to-their/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) > [There is no such thing as a bad cop, only disturbing and dominant cop thinking that will invariably lead to excessive force and tragic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-bad-cop-only-disturbing-and-dominant-cop/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gang/greg-boyle/#itemlist", "name": "29 Gang Quotes By Greg Boyle", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Even gang members imagine a future that doesnt include gangs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Greg Boyle" }, "url": 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