Volunteer Quotes - Page 2

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

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

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

One person can make a difference.

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

What are you doing for others?

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.

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.

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.

Bloom where you are planted!

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

Without volunteers, we'd be a nation without a soul.