Belonging Quotes

• If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

  Mother Teresa

  Motivational, Family, Mother

  Mother Teresa (2010). “Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others”, p.329, Image

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• Home is ultimately not about a place to live but about the people with whom you are most fully alive. Home is about love, relationship, community, and belonging, and we are all searching for home.

  Erwin McManus

  Home, People, Community

  Erwin Raphael McManus (2008). “Soul Cravings: An Exploration of the Human Spirit”, p.46, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

  Brené Brown

  Inspirational, Struggle, Imperfect

  "The Vulnerable Faith of Brené Brown" by Jamie Arpin-Ricci, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2015.

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• A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.

  Brené Brown

  Hurt, Fall, People

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.

  Maya Angelou

  Travel, Home, Positivity

  Twitter post from Jul 13, 2015

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• Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

  Brené Brown

  Acceptance, Self, World

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.122, Penguin

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• Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dream

  William Arthur Ward, “Do More”

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• THE POWER OF THE GROUP We all want to feel a sense of belonging. This isn’t a character flaw. It’s fundamental to the human experience. Our finest achievements are possible when people come together to work for a common cause. School spirit, the rightful pride we feel in our community, our heritage, our religion, and our families, all come from the value we place on belonging to a group.

  Rosalind Wiseman

  School, Character, Pride

  Rosalind Wiseman (2013). “Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World”, p.37, Harmony

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• Within each of us there is an intense need to feel that we belong. This feeling of unity and togetherness comes through the warmth of a smile, a handshake, or a hug, through laughter and unspoken demonstrations of love. It comes in the quiet, reverent moments of soft conversation and in listening.

  William R. Bradford

  Laughter, Feelings, Unity

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• Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.

  Albert Einstein

  Truth, Justice, Community

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• A sense of belonging is not physical. We cant find it by changing where we live or what we do. We have to carry it within us

  P. C. Cast

  Cant

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• Your actions are your only true belongings.

  Gautama Buddha

  Action

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• Act as if you were separate from nothing, and no one, and you will heal your world tomorrow.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  World, Tomorrow, Heal

  Neale Donald Walsch (2011). “Conversations with God, Book 3: Embracing the Love of the Universe (Anniv)”, p.52, Hampton Roads Publishing

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• Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.

  Maya Angelou

  Children, Responsibility, Tomorrow

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 29, 2010

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• Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self acceptance.

  Brené Brown

  Acceptance, Self, Levels

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.122, Penguin

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• The confidence that God is mindful of the individual is of tremendous value in dealing with the disease of fear, for it gives us a sense of worth, of belonging, and of at homeness in the universe.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Giving, Disease

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• The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.

  Henri Nouwen

  Loneliness, Giving, Community

  Source: archives.wineskins.org

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• If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Einstein: A Centenary Volume". Book by A.P. French, p. 32, 1980.

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• Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

  Audre Lorde

  Future, Joy, Tomorrow

  Audre Lorde (2017). “A Burst of Light: And Other Essays”, p.96, Courier Dover Publications

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• The sense of belonging is one of the great gifts men get in battle.

  James A. Michener

  Men, Battle, Great Gifts

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