It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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.
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.
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.
No one can do everything, but everyone can do something
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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.
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Here's to all volunteers, those dedicated people who believe in all work and no pay.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Be the change you want to see.
We are all like one-winged angels. It is only when we help each other that we can fly.
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help.
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.
Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.
Be the change you want to see in your networks
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.
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.
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