QUOTES
For Volunteers

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There is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
-- William James (1842-1910)

"Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed."
-- Gerald Jampolsky

Go out and do something for somebody. Go out and give something to somebody. It will take you away from yourself and make you happy.
-- Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905)

 

"Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly."
-- Thomas Jefferson

* Every human being feels pleasure in doing good to another.
-- Thomas Jefferson

"May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion."
-- Thomas Jefferson

* "We cannot close ourselves off to information and ignore the fact that millions of people are out there suffering. I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us."
~ Angelina Jolie

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

* The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
-- Helen Keller

 

Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.
-- Thomas à Kempis

* 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 F. Kennedy

* "Because the suffering of any human being diminishes all of us, it’s our responsibility to try to ease that suffering. It is not a matter of titles, but of responsibilities.”
-- Khaled

* I do believe there is enormous possibility to change this world.
-- Nicole Kidman

* "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?"
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

* Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
-- Knights of Pythogoras

"Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day."
-- Sally Koch

"In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving."
-- Sheldon Kopp

 

* "I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others."
-- Aung San Suu Kyi

* "Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?"
-- John Legend

"To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own."
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

"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

 

"We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind."
-- Wangari Maathai

* "Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever we are, we can make a contribution... just imagine what's happening if there are billions of people out there doing something. Just imagine the power of what we can do."
~ Wangari Maathai

"Do every act of your life as if it were your last."
-- Marcus Aurelius

"The measure of a life is not its duration, but its donation."
-- Peter Marshall

"All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."
-- Matthew 7:12

"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 times you can
To all the people you can
As long as you can."
-- Bernard Meltzer (My Golden Rule)

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."
--U.S Senator Barabara Mikulski

 

Quotes For Volunteers

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Volunteer Day - December 5

MLK Day of Service - 3rd Monday in January

 

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