Community Outreach Quotes

“Be nice to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love anyway. We rise by lifting others.”
― Germany Kent

“Be transparent. Let's build a community that allows hard questions and honest conversations so we can stir up transformation in one another.”
― Germany Kent

“I want to take my gifts and talents and use what I've learned to share with the world. I want to make a contribution to the value of others.”
― Germany Kent

“Do work that matters. Choose to participate in initiatives that will positively impact the world and help make a difference in your community.”
― Germany Kent

“I would hear them say on the radio, that we need to hang them once they have been convicted for murder. I don’t think that some of them should have ever reached that stage. If we had prevented them from going on death row, it would not be a discussion about hanging them. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

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I would hear them say on the radio, that we need to hang them once they have been convicted for murder. I don’t think that some of them should have ever reached that stage. If we had prevented them from going on death row, it would not be a discussion about hanging them. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.”
― Drexel Deal, The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father

“I would hear them say on the radio, that we need to hang them once they have been convicted for murder. I don’t think that some of them should have ever reached that stage. If we had prevented them from going on death row, it would not be a discussion about hanging them. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.”
― Drexel Deal, The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father

“The city shall be cleared of any dirt, if every community acts collectively.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Meaningful work gives life purpose and connects you to something bigger than yourself.”
― Germany Kent

“Immerse yourself in a cause you're passionate about.”
― Germany Kent

“Being involved in the community helps to shape your thinking. The outreach in being a blessing to others is a resource for reflection and much gratitude.”
― Germany Kent

“Community service leaders are people who would rather do things off-line that matter than online for show. ”
― Germany Kent

“The power of charity work is that it allows you to make a difference where you are, right in your community.”
― Germany Kent

“When we all lend a hand in helping in the community we improve everyone's quality of life.”
― Germany Kent

“Be proud to support a cause that you believe is a worthy mission because your dedication to promoting civic participation helps the community.”
― Germany Kent

“Charitable initiatives drive the future of our neighborhoods.”
― Germany Kent

“The power of philanthropy at its best supports underserved communities, persons affected by persistent poverty, and empowers everyday people to make a difference.”
― Germany Kent

“Digging in the dirt and shoveling manure in the corral is not going to strip off the layers of armor the first day or the second day or even the twelfth. But over time, they're part of something that they start from scratch and see through to the end. How often have they had the chance to do that? To feel like they created something? Especially something that could help keep another human being alive?”
― Debra Landwehr Engle, Grace from the Garden: Changing the World One Garden at a Time

“True outreach doesn’t begin with charity, it begins with shared humanity.”
― Wayne Chirisa

“But when I reached Xocolatl, my heart beating ferociously, I found the display window brightly lit, with fairy lights on the window-ledge and along the shelves of chocolates. Cellophane-wrapped and gleaming like a pirate's buried treasure, they seemed to glow with a precious light, those gilded piles of mendiants, and truffles, rose creams and santons de Margot, while above them rose the centerpiece; a statuette of the Bonne Mère, much larger than the ones in the shop, one hand raised in benediction, the other holding the infant Christ, and robed in darkest chocolate. And all around the dishes and jars were origami animals; little angular butterflies and cranes and fish and rabbits in multicolored paper. I detected the hand of Grandmother Li: imagined those clever old hands at work, folding the pretty papers.”
― Joanne Harris, Vianne