Volunteers Making A Difference Quotes:

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

Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Love, Inspirational, Marriage, Making A Difference In The World, Inspirational Charity

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something

- Max Lucado

source: Max Lucado, Jenna Lucado Bishop (2010). “You Were Made to Make a Difference”, p.109, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Volunteer, Donation, Torture, Inspirational Volunteer, Organ Donation

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

- Albert Pike

source: Albert Pike (1899). “Ex Corde Locutiones...: Words from the Heart Spoken of His Dead Brethren...”

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Thank You, Inspirational Death, Kindness Generosity

Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

source: "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

topic: World, Action, Eternity, Kids Inspirational, Vibrate

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time

- Rick Warren

topic: Giving, Portions, Spending Your Time, Gift Of Time, Purpose Driven Life

We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

- Mother Teresa

topic: Life, Encouraging, Time, Giving Love, Small Things In Life

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

- Khalil Gibran

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness, Give It All You Got, Giving Love

Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own

- Albert Schweitzer

topic: Attitude, Needs, World, 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

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Inspirational, Life, Inspiring, Empowering Women, I Am Strong

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

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference.

- Ellen Goodman

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Volunteers Making A Difference, Goodman

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

- William James

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Social Good, Make Me Feel Better

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

- Tom Brokaw

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Appreciation, Motivation, Social Good, Inspirational Charity

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

- Edmund Burke

topic: Life, Encouragement, Time, Making A Living, Not Enough Time

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Inspirational, Life, Joy, Man And Superman, Joy Of Living

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

- Muhammad Ali

source: Twitter post from May 26, 2010

topic: Basketball, Fighting, Helping Others, Making A Difference In The World, Social Service

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. And by the grace of God, I will.

- Edward Everett Hale

source: "Personal Quote/ Did you know?". www.imdb.com.

topic: Grace, Grace Of God, Interfere, Making A Difference In The World, Making A Living

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

- Edith Wharton

source: "Vesalius in Zante (1564)" st. 12 (1902)

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Empowering Women, Social Good

The more you give, the more you live.

- Blake Mycoskie

topic: Giving, Making A Difference In The World, Generous Love, Inspirational Baby, Inspirational Charity

One person can make a difference.

- Raoul Wallenberg

topic: Differences, Making A Difference, One Person Can Make A Difference, Making A Difference In The World, Inspirational Bullying

You only need a heart full of grace

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Heart, Grace, Needs, Making A Difference In The World, Inspirational Charity

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

- Albert Schweitzer

topic: Appreciation, Responsibility, Helping Others, Social Good, Donate

Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Important Work, Social Good

The more you give, the more you can give.

- Roy T. Bennett

topic: True Love, Baby, Generous Love, Making A Difference In The World, Inspirational Baby

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

- Albert Schweitzer

topic: Brother, World, All Alone, Inspirational Volunteer, Others Helping You

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Greatness, Determined, Making A Difference In The World, Inspirational Volunteer, Leadership And Service

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.

- Robert Kennedy

source: Robert F. Kennedy (1968). “"An Honorable profession": a tribute to Robert F. Kennedy”

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