"No
act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted"
-- Aesop
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"Service
to others is the rent you pay for your room
here on Earth."
-- Muhammad
Ali
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"If
our hopes of building a better and safer world
are to become more than wishful thinking, we
will need the engagement of volunteers more
than ever."
-- UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan
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On
this International Volunteer Day, 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.
-- Kofi
Annan
"The
past year's natural disasters have highlighted the
invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities.
They have volunteered their time, energy and skills
to save lives and to rebuild communities. In this
they joined countless people around the world who
volunteer every day in response to 'silent crises'.
These often unsung heroes understand all too well
that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly
and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis."
-- Kofi
Annan
"If
we are to make poverty history, we must have the active
participation of States, civil society and the private
sector, as well as individual volunteers.
-- Kofi
Annan
"Do
every act of your life as if it were your last."
-- Marcus Aurelius
Can
I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can
I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief?
-- William Blake
Volunteers
are the only human beings on the face of the earth
who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring,
patience, and just plain loving one another.
-- Erma Brombeck
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When
the story of these times gets written, we want
it to say that we did all we could, and it was
more than anyone could have imagined.
--
Bono
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Not
being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing
everything you can.
-- Ashleigh Brilliant
It's
easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a
difference.
-- Tom Brokaw
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing
because he could do only a little.
-- Edmond Burke
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Service
to a just cause rewards the worker with more
real happiness and satisfaction than any other
venture of life.
-- Carrie
Chapman Catt
To
the wrongs that need resistance, To the right
that needs assistance, To the future in the
distance, Give yourselves.
-- Carrie
Chapman Catt
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"Our
lives are to be used and thus to be lived as
fully as possible, and truly it seems that we
are never so alive as when we concern ourselves
with other people."
-- Harry
Chapin
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You
make a living by what you get, but you make a life
by what you give.
-- Winston Churchill
"He
who wishes to secure the good of others has already
secured his own."
-- Confucius
We
are all like one-winged angels. It is only when we
help each other that we can fly.
-- Luciano de Crescenzo
You
cannot hope to build a better world without improving
the individuals. To that end, each of us must work
for our own improvement and, at the same time, share
a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular
duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be
most useful.
-- Marie Curie
I
believe that individuals can make a difference in
society. Since periods of change such as the present
one come so rarely in human history, it is up to each
of us to make the best use of our time to help create
a happier world.
-- The
Dalai Lama
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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.
-- The
Dalai Lama
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"It
is our collective and individual responsibility to
protect and nurture the global family, to support
its weaker members and to preserve and tend to the
environment in which we all live."
--
The
Dalai Lama
"I
believe that to meet the challenge of our times, human
beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal
responsibility. We must all learn to work not just
for our own self, family, or nation but for the benefit
of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the
key to human survival. It is the best foundation for
world peace, the equitable use of natural resources,
and through concern for future generations, the proper
care of the environment."
-- The
Dalai Lama
"Volunteers
are not servants. Volunteers are partners working
together for improving America's future."
-- Mayor Richard Daly
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It is when you have done your work honestly,
when you have contributed your share to the
common fund that you begin to live.
-- Euguene
V. Debs
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"Now
my friends, I am opposed to the system of society
in which we live today, not because I lack the natural
equipment to do for myself but because I am not satisfied
to make myself comfortable knowing that there are
thousands of my fellow men who suffer for the barest
necessities of life. We were taught under the old
ethic that man's business on this earth was to look
out for himself. That was the ethic of the jungle;
the ethic of the wild beast. Take care of yourself,
no matter what may become of your fellow man. Thousands
of years ago the question was asked; ''Am I my brother's
keeper?'' That question has never yet been answered
in a way that is satisfactory to civilized society.
Yes,
I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation
to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality
but by the higher duty I owe myself. What would you
think me if I were capable of seating myself at a
table and gorging myself with food and saw about me
the children of my fellow beings starving to death.
"
-- Euguene
V. Debs
"Many
countries are now experiencing the benefits to be
gained when individuals are provided the necessary
means to undertake voluntary action in their own communities."
-- Ad de Raad, Executive Coordinator, United Nations
Volunteers (UNV) programme
"Despite
the important progress underway, much work remains
to be done in terms of recognizing and harnessing
the full potential of volunteerism for development.
It is indeed events like International Volunteer Day
that help to highlight the impact volunteers are having
in every region."
-- Ad de Raad, Executive Coordinator, United Nations
Volunteers (UNV) programme
"If
I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live
in vain. If I can ease one life the aching, or cool
one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest
again, I shall not live in vain."
-- Emily Dickinson
The
greatest poverty that can afflict the human spirit
is the loss of a generous heart. You will know that
success has slipped away when your passion for helping
others grows cold.
-- Bill Lane Doulos
The debt that each generation owes to the past, it
must pay to the future.
-- Abigail Scott Dunaway
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.
-- Helen Dyer
"Keep
on sowing your seed, for you never know which will
grow -- perhaps it all will."
-- Ecclesiastes
"Service
is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose
of life and not something you do in your spare
time."
-- Marian
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"A
hundred times every day I remind myself that
my inner and outer life depends on the labors
of other men, living and dead, and that I must
exert myself in order to give in the measure
as I have received and am still receiving."
-- Albert
Einstein
"Only
a life lived for others is worth living."
-- Albert
Einstein
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"Our
deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds."
-- George Eliot
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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
"Volunteering
is so pervasive it's invisible. We take for
granted all the things that have been pioneered
by concerned, active volunteers."
-- Susan
J. Ellis
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"It
is one of the most beautiful compensations of
this life that no man can sincerely try to help
another without helping himself."
-- Ralph
Waldo Emerson
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To
laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent
people and the affection of children; to earn the
appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal
of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to leave the
world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden
patch or a redeemed social condition; to know that
even one life has breathed easier because you have
lived. This is to have succeeded.
--
Ralph
Waldo Emerson
"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."
-- Edward Everett
Remember
that when you leave this earth, you can take with
you nothing that you have received - only what you
have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service,
love, sacrifice and courage.
-- Saint
Francis of Assisi
"How
wonderful that no one need wait a single moment to
improve the world."
-- Anne Frank
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I
shall pass through this world but once. Any
good therefore that I can do or any kindness
that I can show to any human being, let me do
it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for
I shall not pass this way again.
-- Mahatma
Gandhi
"The
best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself
in the service of others."
-- Mahatma
Gandhi
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If
someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers
a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand
a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen.
-- Loretta Girzaitis (b. 1920)
He
who does nothing for others does nothing for himself
-- Goethe
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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
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"I
have never been especially impressed by the heroics
of people convinced that they are about to change
the world. I am more awed by ... those who ... struggle
to make one small difference after another."
-- Ellen Goodman
"One
of the things I keep learning is that the secret of
being happy is doing things for other people. "
-- Dick Gregory
-- "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 something
that I can do."
-- Edmund Everett Hale
"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..."
-- Dr. Dorothy I. Height
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"If
you ever need a helping hand, it is at the end
of your arm As you get older you must remember
you have a second hand. The first one is to
help yourself. The second hand is to help others."
-- Audrey
Hepburn
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"Help
your sister's boat across the water, and yours too
will reach the other side." Kindness can become its
own motive. We are made kind by being kind."
-- Eric Hoffer (1902-83)
The
heart of a volunteer is not measured in size, but
by the depth of the commitment to make a difference
in the lives of others.
-- DeAnn Hollis
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)
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"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 beings feels pleasure in doing good to
another.
-- Thomas
Jefferson
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"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
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
Whatsoever
is done in charity, however small and of no reputation
it be, bringeth forth good fruit.
-- Thomas à Kempis
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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
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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.
"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
"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
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"What
volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual,
caring approach that no government program,
however well-meaning and well- executed, can
deliver."
-- Edward
James Olmos
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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
"Teach
me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault I see;
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me."
-- Alexander Pope, The Universal Prayer, 1738
"If
you think the efforts of one individual will be nothing,
then you have never been to bed with a mosquito".
~ Betty Reese
There
are two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel
for what we receive, and the larger kind we feel for
what we give.
-- Edward Arlington Robinson
"Let
a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that
an evil person does bad ones."
-- Shalom Rokeach
'No
joy can equal the joy serving others.'
-- Sai Baba
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I
feel the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity
to do more.
-- Jonas
Salk
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"A
man can do only what a man can do. But if he
does that each day he can sleep at night and
do it again the next day."
-- Albert
Schweitzer
I
don't know what your destiny will be, but one
thing I do know: The only ones among you who
will be really happy are those who have sought
and found how to serve. -- Albert
Schweitzer
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"It
is not enough to merely exist. It's not enough to
say, 'I'm earning enough to live and support my family.
I do my work well. I'm a good parent.' That's all
very well. But you must do something more. Seek always
to do some good, somewhere. Every person has to seek
in his own way to make his own self more noble and
to realize his own true worth. You must give some
time to your fellow man. Even if it's a little thing,
do something for those who have need of a man's help,
something for which you get no pay but the privilege
of doing it. For, remember, you don't live in a world
all your own. Your brothers are here too."
-- -- Albert
Schweitzer
You
must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it's
a little thing, do something for which you get not
pay but the privilege of doing it.
-- --
Albert
Schweitzer
"A
gift consists not in what is done or given, but in
the intention of the giver or doer."
-- Seneca
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"I
am of the opinion that my life belongs to the
community... and as long as I live, it is my
privilege to do for it whatever I can. 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. Life is no brief candle
to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which
I have got hold of for a moment and I want to
make it burn as brightly as possible before
handing it on to future generations."
-- George
Bernard Shaw
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Noble
deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
-- Dodie Smith
"I
slept and I dreamed that life is all joy, I woke and
I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw
that service is joy. "
-- Rabindranath Tagore
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The
most satisfying thing in life is to have been
able to give a large part of one's self to others.
-- Pierre
Teilhard De Chardin
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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
"It
is not how much you do, but how much love you
put in the doing."
--
Mother
Teresa
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Giving
to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light
throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness,
your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all
beings.
-- Lao tzu (570-490 BC)
Success
in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life
or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
-- Danny Thomas
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Let
... individuals make the most of what God has
given them, have their neighbors do the same,
and then do all they can to serve each other.
There is no use in one man, or one nation, to
try to do or be everything. It is a good thing
to be dependent on each other for something,
it makes us civil and peaceable.
-- Sojourner
Truth (c. 17971883)
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"Give
help rather than advice."
-- Luc de Vauvenargues
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"My
satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing
a better world."
-- Faye
Wattleton |
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 you ever can.
-- John Wesley
"With
every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest
you may not see."
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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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
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"As
we give of our time, talents and resources to tend
the needs of the sick, offer food to the hungry and
teach the dependent to stand on their own, we enrich
ourselves spiritually beyond our ability to comprehend."
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin (1924-)
"Little
kindnesses...will broaden your heart, and slowly you
will habituate yourself to helping your fellow man
in many ways."
--Zadik
