Volunteerism And Service Quotes:

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Heart, Volunteerism, Heal The World

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

- Albert Schweitzer

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Service, Acts Of Kindness

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Social Good, Making A Difference In The World

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Justice, Long, Community, Social Responsibility, Spiritual Community

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Life, Helping Others, Making A Living, Source Of Life

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

- Dorothy Height

topic: Inspiring, Strong, Helping Others, Spiritual Community, Quality Of Life

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

- Francis of Assisi

source: The Origin of the Peace Prayer of St. Francis, www.franciscan-archive.org.

topic: Love, Peace, Hatred, Love And Hate, Joy God

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

- Mother Teresa

topic: Beach, Ocean, Inspiration, Drops In The Ocean, Volunteerism

Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.

- Jimmy Carter

topic: Differences, People, Volunteer, Volunteerism, Personal Values

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Inspirational, Life, Happy, Generation Gap, Fulfillment In Life

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

- Marian Wright Edelman

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Paying Rent, Volunteerism

Let us remember the large numbers of citizens who, day in and day out, through acts of volunteerism large and small, bring hope to so many of the world's disadvantaged. Let us ensure that this wonderful resource, available in abundance to every nation, is recognized and supported as it works towards a more prosperous and peaceful world.

- Kofi Annan

topic: Helping Others, Numbers, Volunteer, Peaceful World, Volunteerism And Service

Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity-thus capitalism can lead to a practical materialism that is as pernicious as the materialism taught by communism.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Men, Judging, Humanity, Making A Living, Volunteerism And Service

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.

- William Penn

topic: World, This World, Let Me, Quaker, Volunteerism And Service

Volunteerism is the voice of the people put into action. These actions shape and mold the present into a future of which we can all be proud.

- Helen Dyer

topic: Helping Others, Voice, People, Volunteerism, Volunteerism And Service

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Positive Thinking, Optimism, Want, Daily Work, Social Responsibility

In American Society today, we need to have volunteerism. I truly believe that it is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take us into the 21st century.

- Barbara Mikulski

topic: Believe, Helping Others, Together, Society Today, Inspirational Volunteer

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

- Helen Keller

source: "The Book of Good Cheer : A Little Bundle of Cheery Thoughts‎" by Edwin Osgood Grover, (p. 28), 1909.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Single, Making A Difference In The World, Inspirational Student

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

- Whoopi Goldberg

topic: Helping Others, Be Kind, Remember, Volunteerism, Wildfires

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

source: Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

topic: Inspirational, Friendship, Positive, Social Entrepreneurship, Making A Difference In The World

I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.

- Edward Everett

topic: Stills, Making A Difference In The World, Inspirational Student, Acts Of Kindness, Inspirational Volunteer

Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.

- Mother Teresa

topic: Love, Community, Action, Volunteerism, Community Service

It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

- Robert Kennedy

source: Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

topic: Change, Courage, Peace, Social Injustice, Justice And Injustice

Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.

- Sherry Anderson

topic: Appreciation, Volunteer, Priceless, Inspirational Volunteer, Volunteerism

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

- Unknown

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Way In Life, Empowering Women

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

- Mahatma Gandhi

source: "The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better". Book by Richard Leider, p. 35., 2010.

topic: Encouragement, Freedom, Business, Way In Life, Social Good

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

- Audre Lorde

source: "The Cancer Journals". Book by Audre Lorde, 1980.

topic: Inspirational, Encouragement, Powerful, Powerful Women, Power And Control

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart that goes out of itself, gets large and full of joy. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.

- Horace Mann

source: "Thoughts" by Jessie K. Freeman and Sarah S. B. Yule, (p. 83), 1901.

topic: Heart, Helping Others, Self, Inner Life, Undoing

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

- Margaret Mead

source: Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

topic: Inspirational, Life, Friendship, Social Democracy, Social Entrepreneurship

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

- Aesop

source: Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

topic: Inspirational, Life, Happiness, Making A Difference In The World, Joy Happiness

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

- Norman MacEwen

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Giving, Social Good, Making A Difference In The World

Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.

- Erma Bombeck

topic: 4th Of July, Caring, Compassion, Inspirational Volunteer, Unselfish Love

We pass through this world but once.

- Stephen Jay Gould

source: Stephen Jay Gould (2006). “The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)”, p.30, W. W. Norton & Company

topic: Kindness, Helping Others, Giving, Quaker, Kindness Generosity

Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.

- Dolores Huerta

topic: Kids, Army, Clothes, Volunteering And Service, Volunteerism And Service