Volunteer Quotes

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

  Tom Brokaw

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Motivation

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

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• Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

  Quincy Jones

  Love, Family, Happiness

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

  Sherry Anderson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Appreciation

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• One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

  Dick Gregory

  Happiness, Helping Others, People

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• 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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Heart

  Marianne Williamson (1992). “A return to love: reflections on the principles of "A course in miracles"”

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

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it.

  Greg Louganis

  Underestimate, Ability, Human Potential

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• Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Heart, Helping Others, Greatness

  "The Drum Major Instinct". Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, February 4, 1968.

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  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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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• If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Time, Helping Others, Twenties

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• The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

  Helen Keller

  Teacher, Cheer, Teaching

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

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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

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

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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  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

  Inspirational, Christian, Wisdom

  Mother Teresa (2010). “Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others”, p.213, Image

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• Here's to all volunteers, those dedicated people who believe in all work and no pay.

  Robert Orben

  Believe, People, Pay

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• Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

  Gillian Anderson

  Helping Others, Feelings, Empowerment

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• I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the privilege and responsibility of sharing with others less fortunate; and that service is the rent each of us pays for living - the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time or after you have reached your personal goals.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Struggle, Responsibility, Goal

  David Halberstam, Marian Wright Edelman, Sadako N. Ogata (1991). “Japan & the U.S.: where are we today?”

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

  Edward Everett

  Life, Responsibility, Oneness

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Encouragement, Freedom, Business

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

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  What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

  Saint Augustine

  Love, Life, Sympathy

  "Quote, Unquote". Book by Lloyd Cory, p. 197, 1977.

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• The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

  Francis of Assisi

  Deeds, May, Today

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• Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering in that it's done above and beyond earning a living and deals with what people really care passionately about. Remember, no one gets paid to rebel. All revolutions start with volunteers.

  Susan J. Ellis

  Helping Others, People, Rebel

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• Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

  John Wesley

  Life, Motivational, Christmas

  'Rule of Conduct' in 'Letters' (1915)

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