Jerry Bridges Quotes

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

National service is America at its best.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm

All Soviet People were trying to do something to help the nation.

The collective comes before the individual.

Community is the fruit of our capacity to make the interests of others more important than our own.

If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

A true community is not just about being geographically close to someone or part of the same social web network. It's about feeling connected and responsible for what happens. Humanity is our ultimate community, and everyone plays a crucial role.

I believe in cooperating for the common good.

Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.

People who volunteer at the recycling center or soup kitchen through a church or neighborhood group can come to feel part of something 'larger.' Such a sense of belonging calls on a different part of a self than the market calls on. The market calls on our sense of self-interest. It focuses us on what we 'get.'

I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

I ask you, men of all classes, to come forward voluntarily, and take your share in the fight.

If they think its such a sacrifice to go into public service, then they should stay the heck out.

Join cooperatively with one another, put aside self-interest, and take on service to the public …

It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.

We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

On your willingness to contribute part of your life to this country…will depend the answer whether a free society can compete.

Right now, you hear about teamwork, and it's defined as 50-50, and that is a falsehood. There's no such thing as 50-50. You know, you do whatever you have to do as part of the team.

Everyone must understand that you can't demand solidarity when there's a problem and shirk your duties when there are solutions.

I think if I have learned one thing from all of my family members, both sides of it - my mom's side, my dad's side and everyone else - it's that every one of us has a responsibility to do what we can to contribute back and make our communities and our country a better place.

I think the point of our country, our planet, the reason we're all here, one of the best things that we can do is be concerned about something even when it doesn't concern us. That's the whole point.