Volunteering And Service Quotes & Sayings

... the sea defrauds many an honest undertaker of his profits. — Frederick Marryat

Your actions now, define possibilities. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I think a philistine environment should be bracing for young artists. You have to make your own enjoyment, you've got to make your own art. — Michael Longley

I find that the critics of voluntary service are all too often those who are prepared to accept such services when they require them but deride them with cynicism and scepticism when they see others helping and being helped. — Eva Hart

Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness; a review of research by the Corporation for National and Community Service shows that those who aid the causes they value tend to be happier and in better health. They show fewer signs of physical and mental aging. And it's not just that helpful people also tend to be healthier and happier; helping others causes happiness. "Be selfless, if only for selfish reasons," as one of my happiness paradoxes holds. About one-quarter of Americans volunteer, and of those, a third volunteer for more than a hundred hours each year. — Gretchen Rubin

Love makes its record in deeper colors as we grow out of childhood into manhood; as the Emperors signed their names in green ink when under age, but when of age, in purple. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It's perfect justice: natures like yours are hardest on themselves. — Sophocles

Every angel is terrible. — Rainer Maria Rilke

We can get the task done without being paid. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I urge all Texans to answer the call to serve those in need. By volunteering their time, energy or resources to helping others, adults and youngsters follow Christ's message of love and service in thought and deed. Therefore, I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in Texas and urge the appropriate recognition whereof, In official recognition whereof, I hereby affix my signature this 17th day of April, 2000. — George W. Bush

As a negative thought hovers in your mind, clip its wings. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Every man carries with him the world in which he must live. — Francis Marion Crawford

I train for around 3-4 hours everyday. It can go up to 6-7 hours when a competition is approaching. — Vijender Singh

More young people are volunteering than ever before. More people are including service to others on their busy lives' to do list. The promise of America is embedded deep in our DNA, calling us to a much less shallow search for happiness and meaning. — Arianna Huffington

I don't bring God into my life to - to, you know, kind of be a political person. — George W. Bush

There's something about a beautiful, nearly flawless flower, emerging from muddled water. — E.K. Blair

Do everything with love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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. — Jimmy Carter

God has blessed me with an amazing family, friends and work colleagues that have been my joy, my support, and my sanity. I don't know what I'd do without them. — Josie Loren

I devote my life in service of humanity. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If we were to ask the brain how it would like to be treated, whether shaken at a random, irregular rate, or in a rhythmic, harmonious fashion, we can be sure that the brain, or for that matter the whole body, would prefer the latter. — Itzhak Bentov

Listen," I began, "this is an established,traditional form that-"
"Traditional nothing.Where are your clothes?"
"Clothes?" I said weakly. "I don't normally bother with them in this guise."
"Well,you could put on a pair of shorts,at least.Your not decent."
"I'm not sure they'd go with the wings ... " The demon frowend,and blinked."Hold on,enough of this."
"Lenderhosen would. They'd compliment the leather. — Jonathan Stroud

I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice ... sure it does ... but only if you're too dumb to move. — Jodi Picoult

Life is inter-dependence and co-dependence. — Lailah Gifty Akita