Volunteerism And Service Quotes

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.

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

We pass through this world but once.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 the something that I can do.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 mankind.

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

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

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.

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.

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.

Service is the rent we pay for living.

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

I am only one, But still I am one.

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

What are you doing for others?

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

The harder I work the more I live.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.