Volunteer Quotes

My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.

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

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.

In this troubled world, it's refreshing to find someone who still has the time to be kind. Someone who still has the faith to believe that the more you give, the more you receive. Someone who's ready by thought, word, or deed to reach out a hand, in the hour of need.

There are three ways of trying to win the young. There is persuasion, there is compulsion, and there is attraction. You can preach at them: that is a hook without a worm. You can say, You must volunteer, and that is of the devil. You can tell them, You are needed. That appeal hardly ever fails.

There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

There are 6.6 billion people on the planet today. With organic farming we could only feed four billion of them. Which two billion would volunteer to die?

Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

If your goal is to make the world a better place, one thing you can do is pick a specific challenge that you really care about. Then, learn as much as you can about it and try to volunteer your time to help an organization that is working in this area. While you're doing that, look for creative new ways to use technology to tackle parts of the problem that you come in contact with.

I’ve seen far too many Christians who are more than willing to travel halfway around the world to volunteer for a week in an orphanage, but who cannot bring themselves to take the personal risk of sharing Jesus with the co-worker who sits day after day in the cubicle right next to them.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.

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

Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help.

If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is tied up with mine, then let us work together.

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.

I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama!

When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions.

We have to do what we can to help wherever and whenever it is possible for us to help.

Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.

Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way.

Services like Google and Facebook only exist because of the social acceptance of a mass amount of distributed volunteer labor from tons and tons of people.

My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.

A "just war" - if there could be such a thing - would not require conscription. Volunteers would be plentiful.

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.

We don’t recruit volunteers; we release leaders. Volunteers do good things but leaders change the world.

It is a rare and high privilege to be in a position to help people understand the differences that they can make not only in their own lives but in the lives of others by simply giving of themselves.

The influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town.

You can study government and politics in school, but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time.

The special trait making me an anarch is that I live in a world which I ‘ultimately’ do not take seriously. This increases my freedom; I serve as a temporary volunteer

You can't leave footprints in the sands of time while sitting down.

One person can make a difference.

I can't be found in myself; I discover myself in others. That much is clear. And I suspect that I also love and care for myself in others.

If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say : Let the damned thing go down the drain!

While helping hundreds of thousands of refugees, Red Cross volunteers undoubtedly heard stories of Nazi brutality and rumors of mass gassings and they noted those rumors and kept an eye out for any evidence of them, but they saw nothing to indicate that the rumors were true.

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

If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain.

Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.

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.

It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew.

Dark clouds outside are no match to the bright smiles of volunteers at the GK relief center. Hope shines brightest in darkness. Miracles of solidarity can help a nation walk on water.

Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the credit. Learn to lead without coercion.

What are you doing for others?

Bloom where you are planted!

I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.

Im happy to volunteer for the American Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet. The Red Cross is an organization that responds to those in need and it is an honor to help them with the lifesaving role they play everyday in communities nationwide.

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?