Challenges Quote by Corinne McLaughlin

“A community best serves itself when it truly serves the awakening of the unique story trying to come to life through each person born.”

— Michael Meade

Our goal is to create a beloved community," said Dr. King, "and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Creating communities, transforming lives.”

— Profriends

As our world becomes smaller, through a growing common culture, the true test of community will be our tolerance for our most profound differences…

— Wayne Teasdale

The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole.

— Peter Block

Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but…

— Henri Nouwen

The most powerful way we can live our lives is if we stick within the community. So when you come together as a community…

— Allison Mack

I always have believed in the value of the diversity and resilience and just, really, the different skill sets that our community has. But…

— Angelica Ross

“By going beyond solidarity, individualised lifestyle changes, I saw the incredible transformation that comes from building community power. By building this power, we can…

— Mikaela Loach

We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and distrust, but…

— Josefa Iloilo

One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals.…

— Jean Vanier

When we can build community based on truth and authenticity, rather than masks, false perfection, and being phoney, we heal, connect, and thrive.

— Lissa Rankin