Accomplish Quote by Richard Cornuelle
“Community is a consequence. It results when people come together to accomplish things that are important to them and succeed. People who are uninvolved cannot feel this connection.”
About This Quote
Community emerges when people collaborate toward shared, meaningful goals; disengagement prevents belonging.
In simple terms: Community needs shared purpose.
Key Takeaway
Engage in collective projects.
Themes
social cohesion
purpose
collaboration
Mood
motivated
inclusive
Type
inspirational
practical
When to use this quote
- volunteer groups
- team projects
Key Concepts
sociology
psychology
Questions to Reflect On
- What goals unite your group?
- How can you involve the uninvolved?
A Different Perspective
May exclude outsiders.
![“Community [is] a group of individuals who have learned how to communicate honestly with each other, whose relationships go deeper than their masks of composure, and who have developed some significant commitment to "rejoice together, mourn together," and to "delight in each other, make others'…” quote by M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/374/m-scott-peck-1921_commitment_community-is-a-group-of-individuals-who_2886661.jpg)
![“[The Community's] crosses and trials give me confidence. But I derive my hope above all, and most especially, from our utter incapacity, for it is always upon nothingness that God is pleased to rear His works. If at any day we accomplish some good here, the glory will certainly be His alone, since…” quote by Theodore Guerin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2b8/theodore-guerin-54729_accomplish_the-community-s-crosses-and-trials-give_7176.jpg)
