Quotes on Volunteering And Service

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the privilege and responsibility of sharing with others less fortunate; and that service is the rent each of us pays for living - the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time or after you have reached your personal goals.

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.

I am only one,_x000D_ But still I am one.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

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 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.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something